Upper St. Clair Father Charged With Criminal Homicide Held for Trial
The prosecution also added a possession of drug paraphernalia charge against Brandon Thomas.
An Upper St. Clair father of three was held for trial Wednesday on criminal homicide and possession of drug paraphernalia charges. Brandon Thomas, 30, is accused of fatally shooting Vaughn Simonelli, 55, of Chartiers Township, in the Shop 'n Save parking lot in the City of Washington on Oct. 18 after an apparent road rage incident. Prosecution added the possession of drug paraphernalia charge to the case on Wednesday. Washington County Assistant District Attorney Mike Lucas said that when Thomas was being searched at the Washington County Jail, several empty heroin stamp bags fell from his socks. There was no illegal substance detected in the bags. Two witnesses in the parking lot at the time of the shooting testified seeing the men …
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Brandon Ralston
12:12 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
The guy he killed was a violent criminal who'd already been shot once because he assaulted someone, and he had multiple restraining orders on him. You really think there's not a chance his luck just ran out. more ›