Lawrence Co. official balks at paying bill for housing boy charged with murder

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The Lawrence County controller is questioning bills for housing Jordan Brown, the boy accused in the shooting death of his father’s pregnant girlfriend.

Controller David Gettings notified county commissioners today that he is refusing payment of bills regarding the 11-year-old murder suspect’s stay at the Allencrest Juvenile Detention Center in Beaver County. He said he’s required under the county code to give such notice.

He also said he hasn’t received a copy of the contract or purchase orders for the charges. He’s waiting for those documents, which he’ll refer to his solicitor.

Jordan was housed in the Lawrence County Jail after the Feb. 20 shotgun slaying of Kenzie Houk, 26, at the rural farmhouse she shared with the boy and his father, Christopher Brown, near Wampum.

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