GUILTY PA - Three bodies found in New Castle Home, 16 Oct 2018 *Arrests*

[SeesSeas]

@SeesSeas - anything on the court site - if this trial is really going on? Have tried googling but of course getting old articles only over here....

Nothing new on docket for COOPER . . .
Common Pleas Docket Sheet
https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Docke...-CR-0000176-2019&dnh=ry6S/rDufVSUdM/8Dc28yg==
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY
DOCKET
Docket Number: CP-37-CR-0000176-2019
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
v.
Anthony Lavon Cooper

ENTRIES
10/07/2019 Motto, Dominick Order of Court (Mtn/Cont Granted; Trial Cont to Nov 2020 Trial Term)

CALENDAR EVENTS
11/04/2019 1:30 pm Judicial Call of the Trial Scheduled

 

[Niner]

Okay - so... going to "assumed" it is on. Hopefully I'll get a google alert.... or someone will see an article!

Thanks for checking!

 

[SeesSeas]

Okay - so... going to "assumed" it is on. Hopefully I'll get a google alert.... or someone will see an article!

Thanks for checking!

I looked for current news articles but didn't find any.
I found this article from two months ago, SEP 2019:
Procopio hearing has six hours of interview tapes
Sep 14, 2019
Lawrence County's president judge said he will review six hours of video in his chambers covering the questioning of suspect Steven Procopio about a triple homicide that occurred Oct. 15.

Judge Dominick Motto listened to testimony yesterday of a New Castle police detective who investigated the murders of 10-year-old Amariah Emery; her mother, 31-year-old Nichole Pumphrey, both of whom lived at the New Castle home; and her mother's boyfriend, 31-year-old Lawrence Cannon, who had lived on North Greenwood Avenue. All three were found shot to death the morning of Oct. 16 inside a home at 819 W. North St. on the city's West Side.

Motto said he would spare the public from the hours-long interview by the New Castle police of 19-year-old Procopio of Pulaski Township about what happened in that house the previous night. Procopio had been interviewed three times on tape on three separate days about his involvement in the case, District Attorney Joshua Lamancusa said.
[...]
Procopio is one of two suspects charged in the triple homicide. Anthony Lavon Cooper Jr., 20, of Michigan also is charged in the three deaths. Procopio remains in the Lawrence County jail and Cooper is in the Mercer County jail. Both are being held without bond.
[...]
Motto said that the hearing will be continued for a second session, and it has been set for 11:30 a.m. Oct. 4 in his courtroom.

Hallowich, who has been a city police officer for 10 years, testified that he was called to the murder scene the following morning and arrived around 8:45 a.m. He said he entered a side door and there was no sign of forced entry. He said he saw a male dead on the couch with a deceased woman beside him leaning into him. A deceased child was lying at the bottom the stairwell.

He said the state police were called to help process the scene and take fingerprints and DNA samples and that everything was turned over to the New Castle police for investigation. Samples were sent to a state police crime lab, he said, adding that not all of the results are back yet.

He said Procopio was identified as a suspect by following leads that initially were provided by children at the scene, who told paramedics that "Aunt Jody" was at the house the night before with her son, Steve. They learned that Jody was Jody Hammer of Pulaski, who lived with Procopio. Hammer also was initially charged in the investigation, but the charges were eventually dropped.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, November 6th:
*Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA – Nichole Pumphrey (31), her daughter, Ameriah Emery (10) & Lawrence Cannon (31) possibly BF (Oct. 16, 2018, New Castle) – *Anthony Lavon “Mook” Cooper, Jr. (19) arrested (10/29/18), charged (10/19/18) & arraigned (11/13/18) with 3 counts of criminal homicide, 3 counts of criminal conspiracy, 1 count of attempted murder & 1 count of carrying firearms without a license. Plead not guilty. Bail denied.
Trial started on 11/4/19
11/4/19 Day 1: Jury selection. Trial continues to 11/5.
11/5/19 Day 2: No info available yet. Trial continues on 11/6.
*Steven Procopio (19) – Omnibus Pretrial hearing on 1/9/20, trial set to begin 2/3/20.
*Jody Lynn Hammer - 4/1/19: All charges are dismissed.

 

[Niner]

@SeesSeas - hate to bother you - but is this trial going on?

TIA!

 

[SeesSeas]

@SeesSeas - hate to bother you - but is this trial going on?

TIA!

Trial continued to DEC 9, 2019
Docket updated yesterday:
https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Docke...-CR-0000176-2019&dnh=ry6S/rDufVSUdM/8Dc28yg==
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY
DOCKET
Docket Number: CP-37-CR-0000176-2019
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
v.
Anthony Lavon Cooper

ENTRIES
1 11/05/2019 Tuddles, Antonio D. Motion for Continuance
2 11/05/2019 11/04/2019 Motto, Dominick Order of Court (Mtn/Cont Granted; Trial Cont to December 2019 Trial Term)

CALENDAR EVENTS
11/04/2019 1:30 pm Judicial Call of the Trial Continued
12/09/2019 1:30 pm Judicial Call of the Trial Scheduled

 

[Niner]

Thanks a bunch SeesSeas!

 

[Niner]

Monday, December 9th:
*Trial set to begin (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA – Nichole Pumphrey (31), her daughter, Ameriah Emery (10) & Lawrence Cannon (31) possibly BF (Oct. 16, 2018, New Castle) – *Anthony Lavon “Mook” Cooper, Jr. (19) arrested (10/29/18), charged (10/19/18) & arraigned (11/13/18) with 3 counts of criminal homicide, 3 counts of criminal conspiracy, 1 count of attempted murder & 1 count of carrying firearms without a license. Plead not guilty. Bail denied.
Trial set to begin on 12/9/19.
11/4/19 Update: Motion to continue-granted. Trial will start on 12/9. (was delayed from 10/7/19 to 11/4/19 to 12/9/19).
*Steven Procopio (19) – Omnibus Pretrial hearing on 1/9/20, trial set to begin 2/3/20.
*Jody Lynn Hammer - 4/1/19: All charges are dismissed.

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, December 10th:
*Trial continues (Day 2) (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA – Nichole Pumphrey (31), her daughter, Ameriah Emery (10) & Lawrence Cannon (31) possibly BF (Oct. 16, 2018, New Castle) – for *Anthony Lavon “Mook” Cooper, Jr. (19) arrested (10/29/18), charged (10/19/18) & arraigned (11/13/18) with 3 counts of criminal homicide, 3 counts of criminal conspiracy, 1 count of attempted murder & 1 count of carrying firearms without a license. Plead not guilty. Bail denied.
Trial began on 12/9/19.
11/4/19 Update: Motion to continue-granted. Trial will start on 12/9. (was delayed from 10/7/19 to 11/4/19 to 12/9/19).
12/9/19 Day 1: Jury selection begins. No idea what is going on – trial continues on 12/10.
*Steven Procopio (19) – Omnibus Pretrial hearing on 1/9/20, trial set to begin 2/3/20.
*Jody Lynn Hammer - 4/1/19: All charges are dismissed.




@SeesSeas - trial still going on? TIA!

 

[Niner]

Will keep posting until I know otherwise....

Wednesday, December 11th:
*Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA – Nichole Pumphrey (31), her daughter, Ameriah Emery (10) & Lawrence Cannon (31) possibly BF (Oct. 16, 2018, New Castle) – for *Anthony Lavon “Mook” Cooper, Jr. (19) arrested (10/29/18), charged (10/19/18) & arraigned (11/13/18) with 3 counts of criminal homicide, 3 counts of criminal conspiracy, 1 count of attempted murder & 1 count of carrying firearms without a license. Plead not guilty. Bail denied.
Trial began on 12/9/19.
11/4/19 Update: Motion to continue-granted. Trial will start on 12/9. (was delayed from 10/7/19 to 11/4/19 to 12/9/19).
12/9/19 Day 1: Jury selection begins. No idea what is going on – trial continues on 12/10.
12/10/19 Day 2: No info available. Trial continues on 12/11.
*Steven Procopio (19) – Omnibus Pretrial hearing on 1/9/20, trial set to begin 2/3/20.
*Jody Lynn Hammer - 4/1/19: All charges are dismissed.

 

[SeesSeas]

@SeesSeas - trial still going on? TIA!

Trial continued to FEB 3, 2020.
Docket updated TODAY, 12/11/19:
https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Docke...-CR-0000176-2019&dnh=ry6S/rDufVSUdM/8Dc28yg==

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY
DOCKET
Docket Number: CP-37-CR-0000176-2019
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
v.
Anthony Lavon Cooper

ENTRIES
1 12/11/2019 Tuddles, Antonio D. Motion for Continuance
2 12/11/2019 12/09/2019 Motto, Dominick Order of Court (Mtn/Cont Granted; Trial Cont to February 2020 Trial Term)

CALENDAR EVENTS
12/09/2019 1:30 pm Judicial Call of the Trial Continued
02/03/2020 1:30 pm Judicial Call of the Trial Scheduled

 

[Niner]

Thank you SeesSeas!

 

[Niner]

Thursday, January 9th:
*Omnibus Pretrial Hearing (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA – Nichole Pumphrey (31), her daughter, Ameriah Emery (10) & Lawrence Cannon (31) possibly BF (Oct. 16, 2018, New Castle) – for *Steven Procopio (19) arrested & charged (10/17/18) with 3 counts of criminal homicide, 3 counts of criminal conspiracy, attempted murder & gun offense. Plead not guilty. Bail denied.
Trial set to begin on 10/7/19-continued to 2/3/20
7/8/19 Update: Trial has been continued. Next Motions hearing on 7/22. Trial is scheduled for 8/5.
7/19/19 Update: Defense files motion for continuance of trial-granted. 7/22/19: Pretrial motions hearing continued to 9/13. Trial now scheduled for 10/7/19. 9/13/19: Judge Dominick Motto said he will review six hours of video in his chambers covering the questioning of suspect Steven Procopio about a triple homicide that occurred Oct. 15. Procopio had been interviewed three times on tape on three separate days about his involvement in the case Pretrial motions hearing not complete continued to 10/4. Trial still on for 10/7.
10/7/19 Update: Trial has been continued. Next Omnibus Pretrial hearing on 1/9/20, trial is set to begin on 2/3/20.
*Anthony Lavon “Mook” Cooper, Jr. (19) – Trial set to begin on 2/3/20.
*Jody Lynn Hammer - 4/1/19: All charges are dismissed.

 

[Niner]

@Tippy Lynn - can you possibly get access to Pennsylvania court sites? I have lost my "go-to person" & the other person I relied on hasn't been on since May of 2019. So was wondering if you could help me?

Looking for Steven Procopio - last hearing was 1/9/20 and would like to know IF his trial date is still on 2/3/20.
and Anthony Lavon Cooper, Jr. - his trial is supposed to start on 2/3/20 also.

If you go back to post #117 - you'll see their case #s and a link to the site.

TIA if you can help me!!

 

[Niner]

Found an article.

Procopio case one step closer to trial

January 10, 2020
A pre-trial hearing scheduled Thursday for Steven Procopio, accused in a triple homicide, ended up as a discussion among attorneys Thursday in judge’s chambers.
[.....]
Lawrence County President Judge Dominick Motto is presiding in the case. After a previous pre-trial hearing, Motto had privately reviewed the hours-long video of New Castle police interviews with Procopio. Procopio had been questioned three times on tape on three separate days about his involvement in the case, District Attorney Joshua Lamancusa said.

After discussions about the case moved from the courtroom into Motto’s chambers Thursday, Procopio, who was in the courtroom, was returned to jail.
[.....]
According to the court dockets, Procopio’s trial is scheduled for the February trial term, but is subject to change.


and that would be 2/3. But I guess we shall see if it's still a go....

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Procopio, Steven
CP-37-CR-0000934-2018
Comm. v. Procopio, Steven
Judicial Call of the Trial
Scheduled 2/3/2020 1:30 PM
Lawrence Courtroom 1

Procopio, Steven
CP-37-CR-0000934-2018
Comm. v. Procopio, Steven
Omnibus Pre-Trial Motion Hearing
Scheduled 4/1/2020 9:30 AM
Lawrence Courtroom 1

Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System



Cooper, Anthony Lavon
CP-37-CR-0000176-2019
Comm. v. Cooper, Anthony Lavon
Judicial Call of the Trial
Scheduled 2/3/2020 1:30 PM
Lawrence Courtroom 1

Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Procopio, Steven
CP-37-CR-0000934-2018
Comm. v. Procopio, Steven
Judicial Call of the Trial
Scheduled 2/3/2020 1:30 PM
Lawrence Courtroom 1

Procopio, Steven
CP-37-CR-0000934-2018
Comm. v. Procopio, Steven
Omnibus Pre-Trial Motion Hearing
Scheduled 4/1/2020 9:30 AM
Lawrence Courtroom 1

Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System



Cooper, Anthony Lavon
CP-37-CR-0000176-2019
Comm. v. Cooper, Anthony Lavon
Judicial Call of the Trial
Scheduled 2/3/2020 1:30 PM
Lawrence Courtroom 1

Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System

@Niner

 

[Niner]

@Tippy Lynn - thank you!

Now - why would they have a pretrial hearing AFTER trial?? re Procopio's hearing on 4/1/20?? Do you think the "Judicial Call of the Trial" is "actually" a trial?? Confused, I am....

 

[Niner]

Okay - I googled this:

What does judicial call of the trial mean?
It means that the offender either chooses to have a judge hear the case and waives their right to a jury trial, or they choose to have a jury hear their trial. ... At the trial, both sides will give testimony and present their evidence.

 

[Niner]

@Tippy Lynn - can you double check the court site and see if the trial is "still on" for Monday, 2/3 for Procopio & Cooper?

TIA!