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computer files and provide false answers to investigators’ questions.
He pleaded not guilty in December.
The death investigation continues.
Tablet images lead to arrest of man on child rape charge
A Lawrence County man who faces charges related to filming child pornography and the rape of a child waived his preliminary hearing Thursday.
Donald A. Miller, 43, of New Castle remains in custody in the Lawrence County Jail, unable to post $150,000 bail. He appeared in court before District Judge David B. Rishel.
Mr. Miller is being represented by the Lawrence County public defenders’ office, according to court records. A formal arraignment hearing is scheduled for March 4.
Police arrested Mr. Miller Jan. 2, a few days after a New Castle woman turned in the Samsung tablet computer she said she had purchased for $225 at an Ohio flea market from a man who introduced himself as “Don” from New Castle.
On Christmas morning, when she took a picture of her daughter, the woman found images and videos in the tablet’s camera folder that she believed depicted child pornography involving the man who sold her the device.
New Castle police, who used Facebook and information recovered from the tablet to identify people in the images and videos, charged Mr. Miller with rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault of a person less than 13 years old and filming of sexual acts involving a child.
Police: Girl’s hands freeze after mom threw her out
A Hill District woman has been arraigned on charges she endangered the welfare of her 16-year-old daughter, who walked to an aunt’s house Tuesday with frozen hands.
Yolanda Williams, 42, is being held in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of $1,000 bail, according to court records. She faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person.
The girl told Pittsburgh police her mother smoked crack, packed her bags, took her key and told her she had to get out of her house, according to a criminal complaint. The girl then walked to her aunt’s home and “arrived with her hands frozen together,” police wrote.
The high temperature Tuesday was 3 degrees.
A preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 17.