Argument Over Loud night breathing Takes Lethal Flip for Pennsylvania Neighbors

Final week, Christopher Casey (above), 56, was sentenced to 11 1/2 to 23 months in Montgomery County jail — adopted by three years probation — for his position within the dying of Robert Wallace, 62. This after Casey entered a responsible plea to manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime.

The lethal confrontation went down on January 15, with the Montgomery County District Lawyer’s Workplace laying out what allegedly occurred in a press launch on the time.

Higher Moreland Township Police responded to a 911 name made by Casey relating to a stabbing at his residence. Once they arrived, the discovered Wallace “affected by stab wounds,” whereas Casey additionally had a stab wound to his proper thigh. Each had been transported to Abington Hospital, the place Wallace was pronounced useless.

“On scene, Higher Moreland police discovered a big military-style knife and a cellphone on the entrance porch of Casey’s residence,” learn the discharge. “In a close-by grassy space, they discovered a window display screen that had been faraway from a window by the entrance door. The window was open when police arrived.”

Per the DA, the 2 males had been identified to police resulting from “ongoing arguments, together with arguments in regards to the defendant’s loud loud night breathing, which the sufferer may hear by the shared wall of the 2 residences.”

In accordance with the AP, prosecutors mentioned Casey stabbed Wallace after Wallace confirmed as much as his neighbor’s residence whereas Casey was consuming — eradicating the display screen from his window whereas threatening to kill Casey over his loud night breathing.

“Following a verbal altercation between the 2 males, Casey used a big, army model knife to stab Wallace a number of instances,” mentioned the DA.

In courtroom, Casey referred to as the incident “unlucky,” reported the AP. Casey’s lawyer, James Lyons, mentioned his consumer had been threatened many instances and was “a extremely good man who was not geared up to cope with the sort of this sustained abuse and threats.”