PITTSBURGH (AP) — An assistant public defender in Pittsburgh has been charged with lying about his client's whereabouts just days before the defendant wound up killing himself.
Andrew Capone, 29, was charged late Monday with hindering apprehension, and obstructing the administration of law.
Allegheny County sheriff's deputies said Capone falsely told a county judge's staff that he hadn't seen 44-year-old Jeffrey Derosky on Jan. 12. Derosky didn't show up for trial on child-sex charges that day, but his girlfriend later told investigators that she and Derosky met with Capone at the courthouse to discuss a plea offer earlier that day.
But authorities who sought to arrest Derosky for failing to appear said Capone told the court that he hadn't seen Derosky since the previous Friday.
Derosky shot himself in a West Virginia motel Jan. 16.
The county executive’s office told Channel 11 Tuesday that all cases assigned to Capone have been reassigned to other lawyers.
Capone’s status with the public defender’s office is under review.
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