Reply #73: and hot off the presses

[iverglas]

http://www.gatewaynewspapers.com/penn-traffordstar/64426/

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The warrant issued for the search of Sen. Robert Regola's home remains sealed more than one week after state police spent several hours inside the residence and left with a computer and safe.

... While investigators have yet to disclose where Regola kept his gun in his home, Perry said friends of Louis have said Regola's son, Robert Jr., 16, had shown them the gun in the past.

It strikes me that even in Pennsylvania that last bit may not quite be legal.

Uh oh:
"Family Of Teen Killed By Senator's Gun Speaks Out"
WPXI.com (dead link)
Maybe that's it ... the gun followed him into the woods ...

http://kdka.com/local/local_story_226154515.html

"This is not a suicide," said Farrell family attorney. "The forensic evidence, when it comes to light, will show that this was not a situation where a young man took his life."

Perry says he has not seen the full state police report yet because it isn't finished.

However, he says there was evidence found near Farrell's body that proves he did not commit suicide.

It's evidence the family attorney will not reveal at this time.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17052869&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6

Regola's attorney, Mark Rush, said the senator "was not in the habit" of storing his weapons while still loaded, but he refused to comment specifically on the 9mm handgun in question.

"I don't want to comment on the evidence as it has been gathered by the Pennsylvania State Police and I'm disappointed that counsel for the family would do so," Rush said. "As far as a legal conclusion that his gun was stored in a reckless manner, at this time, that's simply a self-serving statement for counsel to make and not borne out by the facts."

Hmm. Unlike the statement that the allegation is "not borne out by the facts" ... that he won't disclose.