Man died from drugs, deputy coroner reports

Man died from drugs,deputy coroner reports
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Mark A. McNulty, 40, of Lafayette Street, Sharon, died of a combined drug intoxication of cocaine and morphine.
Cris Loutzenhiser, Mercer County deputy coroner, said a toxicology study showed a lethal combination of the drugs in McNulty's system. He ruled the death accidental.
McNulty's body was found along Lynnwood Drive on June 6, and police earlier this week arrested Emce A. Jones, 41, of Parke Drive on a charge of abuse of a corpse and criminal conspiracy in the case.
Jones acknowledged that McNulty died in his apartment and that he and another man dumped McNulty's body on Lynnwood Drive early June 5, police said.
Jones remained in Mercer County Jail on $10,000 bond.
Authorities probe death
SHARON, Pa. -- Authorities in Warren County are investigating the death of a South Pymatuning Township man who was severely burned on a street in the small town of North Warren.
Michael F. Reichart, 48, of Springwood Drive, was found by a Warren County transit driver shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday and was pronounced dead of his burns shortly before 11 a.m. after being flown to the Burn Trauma Center at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Authorities told local press outlets that Reichart apparently doused himself with gasoline and set himself ablaze.
Reichart worked as the employee assistance program coordinator at Sharon Regional Health System and helped bring psychiatrists and psychologists to the area.
Investigating teen's death
NEW WATERFORD -- The death of a 14-year-old New Waterford boy remains under investigation pending the results of an autopsy.
Fran Rudibaugh, Columbiana County Coroner's investigator, said the death of Derik Overly Jr. of Creek Road appears to be accidental.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
New Waterford Police Chief Dan Haueter said Derik's father found the boy on rocks under the Silliman Street bridge about 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The boy had been missing about an hour, Haueter said. He said Derik apparently was riding his bike over the Silliman Street bridge when he lost control and went either over the bridge guardrail or through an opening. He fell about 20 feet and suffered head injuries.
Drug-possession charge
SHARON, Pa. -- Police arrested Jason L. Green of Bond Street, Farrell, and charged him with possession of suspected crack cocaine in the 300 block of Mesabi Street.
Green, who was on parole from a previous offense, was spotted by state probation and parole agents around 8 p.m. Wednesday. They stopped him and found two small bags of suspected crack cocaine on him. He also is charged with a parole violation, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. He was scheduled for arraignment later today.
Truck overturns on 30
HANOVERTON -- A Kansas truck driver escaped serious injury when the tractor-trailer he was driving overturned on U.S. Route 30. The Lisbon post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Craig Richter, 45 of Pratt, Kansas, received minor injuries and was cited for failure to control.
Pratt was driving east on Route 30 about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday when he failed to negotiate a curve about two miles east of Hanoverton. The tractor-trailer struck a guardrail and overturned, coming to rest on its left side, blocking the road. Route 30 was closed until about 10:30 a.m., the patrol said.
Report of exposure
SALEM -- An Aetna Street woman told police her 13-year-old daughter was followed by a man who exposed himself to her.
The woman reported the matter about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, saying it happened shortly before that time.
The girl was walking home from the Centennial Park pool when a man driving a light blue pickup truck with a black bed cover began following her and saying things the girl couldn't make out.
At one point the man exposed himself, and the girl ran to a friend's home on South Lincoln Avenue.
The man was described as being white, in his 30s, with a shaved head and dark mustache.