A man accused in the 2019 drowning death of a baby in East Huntingdon was given a deadline in court Wednesday: either take a plea deal by July 13 or face a potential life sentence if convicted of first-degree homicide at trial. “The Commonwealth’s offer will expire on July 13,”
A Uniontown man who agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge in the 2019 drowning death of a baby in East Huntingdon will go to trial after a judge allowed him to withdraw his admission of guilt. Derrick A. Bass, 31, now claims he is innocent of the murder
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Derrick “Hector” Bass, 29, of Uniontown, is seen before a court hearing 0n Aug. 14, 2019. Bass is accused of killing 11-month-old Niomie Rose Miller in East Huntingdon.
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The lawyer for a Fayette County man charged with first-degree murder of an 11-month old East Huntingdon child told a judge
on Tuesday his client was ready to plead guilty to a lesser charge.
Assistant Public Defender Jack Manderino said Derrick A. Bass, 31, of Uniontown indicated his desire to plead guilty to an offense that would require he serve something other than life in prison without the possibility of parole.