Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Montgomery County Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against Warren Pennick, 54, of Lansdale, accused of stabbing his mother to death on Halloween 2012.
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Wednesday, April 3
If Warren Pennick, 54, is found guilty of first-degree murder for stabbing and slitting the throat of his 79-year-old mother Lorraine Pennick on Halloween 2012 in their Salford Avenue home, then he won’t be put to death. Montgomery County prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against Pennick on a first-degree murder conviction, according to Carl Hessler Jr. of The Times Herald. Criteria was not met to result in a death penalty—Prosecutors could not show that the aspects that made the killing more terrible outweighed the aspects that are in favor of Pennick, according to the article. If convicted of first-degree murder, Pennick could get life in prison; if convicted of third-degree murder, he could face up to 40 years in prison. …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Warren Pennick, 54, is accused of pushing his 74-year-old mother, Lorraine Pennick, down the basement stairs and cutting her throat on Halloween in their Salford Avenue home. Pennick is competent to stand trial, the Commonwealth said
Warren Pennick, 54, of 635 Salford Avenue, Lansdale, the man accused by police of murdering his mother on Halloween, had charges of felony first- and third-degree murder held for March arraignment in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas at a Skippack preliminary hearing Wednesday morning. Pennick allegedly pushed his mother, Lorraine Pennick, 74, down their basement stairs and then slit her throat, for fear of her becoming "homeless" due to their inability to pay for repairs for the home, police said. According to his attorney, Pennick has suffered with mental illnesses for 45 years, specifically paranoid schizophrenia. Clad in a red jumpsuit and donning a long, bushy white beard, Pennick shuffled into the courtroom of Judge Albert …
Friday, November 9, 2012
Warren Pennick, 54, was set to have his day in court on Thursday morning, but his hearing has been continued to a later date
Warren H. Pennick, police said, walked into the lobby of Lansdale Police Department at 10:12 a.m. Oct. 31, picked up the intercom phone and had the following conversation with dispatcher Jason Platt: Dispatcher: Yes, how can I help you? Pennick: I just killed my mother. D: Say again. P: I just killed my mother D: What? Where? Where at? P: 635 Salford Avenue The Lansdale man accused of matricide on Halloween morning had his preliminary hearing continued to a later date Thursday. Pennick, 54, was arrested and charged with first- and third-degree murder in the stabbing death of his mother, Lorraine Pennick, 79. Montgomery County Court records do not show that Pennick has retained an attorney or been assigned a public defender. The case will …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Warren H. Pennick, 54, of Salford Avenue, is charged with first- and third-degree murder in stabbing death of his mother, Lorraine Pennick, 79
In a crime that is Hitchcock-ian in nature, a Lansdale man has confessed to police to allegedly stabbing his mother to death and slashing her throat on Halloween morning. Warren H. Pennick, 54, of 635 Salford Avenue, has been arrested and charged with first- and third-degree murder in the stabbing death of his mother, Lorraine Pennick, 79, in the home she shared with her son, according to Lansdale Police and Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman. Pennick is also charged with possession of an instrument of crime, police said. Pennick walked into Lansdale Police station on the morning of October 31 and reported to the dispatcher that he had just killed his mother, police said. He told the dispatcher he lived at 635 Salford …
Dan Steel
6:25 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
@Mary, are you still in touch with Sharon? How can we get in touch with her? We all grew up together and yes she's had to deal with it all. Thoughts? more ›