PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pittsburgh father accused of confronting a juror in a homicide trial involving his son has pleaded guilty to jury tampering.
Sixty-seven-year-old English Burton entered his plea Thursday in Allegheny County Court and was immediately paroled on a three- to six-month sentence.
Authorities said a juror in the trial of Burton’s son, 18-year-old Charles Williams, was stopped at a light in July when Burton approached on foot, told him he needed his help and shouted his phone number.
A sheriff’s deputy at a bus stop reported the exchange. Later that week the homicide case ended in a mistrial.
Williams and 19-year-old Tremond Allston are charged in the death of Chauncy Howard, who was found shot to death in a crashed car in January of last year.
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