P-G: Mt. Lebanon driver get 1-2 years in jail for killing jogger

The man who struck and killed a mother jogging with her two young children last year in Mt. Lebanon was ordered to the Allegheny County Jail this morning.

Benjamin T. Cope, 21, convicted of involuntary manslaughter, driving under the influence and recklessly endangering in September, was sentenced to serve from one year less one day to two years less two days incarceration.

The odd wording of the sentence allows Mr. Cope to serve the sentence at Allegheny County Jail.

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• www.post-gazette.com/pg/11350/1197353-100.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Trib: Lesser verdict handed down in Mt. Lebanon stroller crash

A Mt. Lebanon man sobbed on Saturday when an Allegheny County jury acquitted him of the most serious charges he faced for driving into and killing a mother jogging with her children in a stroller.

The jury found Benjamin Cope, 21, guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the June 28, 2010, crash at the corner of Washington and Beading roads that caused the death of Lisa Clay Styles, 36, near her Mt. Lebanon home.

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• www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_758601.html (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

P-G: Driver in death of Mt. Lebanon jogger found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

Benjamin Cope, who was accused of striking and killing a Mt. Lebanon woman as she jogged with a stroller holding her two small children was found guilty today of involuntary manslaughter.

In reaching its verdict, the jury hearing the case found Mr. Cope not guilty of two more serious charges, vehicular homicide while under the influence and vehicular homicide.

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• www.post-gazette.com/pg/11267/1177364-100.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

WTAE: Jury In Mt. Lebanon Mom's Death Views Crash Scene Photos

Nearly 80 photos of evidence -- including an SUV, a baby stroller and scrapes on the ground -- were introduced Thursday to the Benjamin Cope jury, as prosecutors tried to reconstruct the crash that killed Lisa Styles in Mt. Lebanon.

Cope, 21, is on trial for charges including homicide by vehicle. The prosecution claims he was under the influence of marijuana when his vehicle hit Styles, 36, who was pushing her kids in a jogging stroller in a Washington Road crosswalk in June 2010.

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• www.wtae.com/news/29270709/detail.html (WTAE)

P-G: Jogger case testimony prompts mistrial request, denial

The judge in the case of a man charged with killing a Mt. Lebanon woman as she jogged last summer denied a defense request for a mistrial this morning.

Attorney Bruce Beemer, who represents Benjamin Cope, 21, on charges of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence stemming from the June 28, 2010, crash, asked for a mistrial after a Mt. Lebanon police officer gave unexpected testimony.

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• www.postgazette.com/pg/11264/1176409-100.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Trib: Passenger recounts 'shared horror' in Mt. Lebanon mom's death

A Mt. Lebanon man said that he locked eyes with Lisa Styles in a "moment of shared horror" last summer as the mother of two was run over by a 4,000-pound SUV during emotional testimony in the Allegheny County Courthouse.

Carl Denig, 27, was a passenger in Benjamin Cope's black truck the day police say Cope rolled through a Mt. Lebanon intersection and struck Lisa Styles, 36, as she jogged at Washington and Beadling roads.

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• www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_757752.html (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Trib: Trial starts for man charged with homicide in death of jogging mom

Lisa Clay Styles gripped the jogging stroller holding her two children as long as she could before her left foot got caught underneath a 4,000-pound sport utility vehicle that ran a stop sign in front of her last summer, a prosecutor told an Allegheny County jury on Monday.

Prosecutors say the driver, Benjamin Cope, 21, of Mt. Lebanon, was impaired because he had smoked marijuana the night before the crash. They said the drug was still in his blood.

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• www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_757657.html (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

WTAE: DUI Suspect In Mt. Lebanon Stroller Mom's Death Comes Home, Gets Banded

A young Mt. Lebanon man has returned to Pennsylvania and is being electronically monitored while he waits to go on trial for the death of a local woman who was pushing her kids in a jogging stroller.

Allegheny County Pretrial Services told Channel 4 Action News that Benjamin Cope, 20, was banded and fitted with his monitoring device Thursday morning. He is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, reckless endangerment and involuntary manslaughter.

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• www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/25316015/detail.html

WPXI: Judge Orders Man Charged In Jogger's Death To Wear Monitoring Bracelet

A judge ordered the man accused of hitting and killing a Mount Lebanon mother of three while he was under the influence of marijuana to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.

Benjamin Cope, 20, is out of jail on bond awaiting trial on a number of charges, including homicide by vehicle.

According to Channel 11 news exchange partners at TribLIVE, a judge reinstated an order Tuesday for Cope to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.

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• www.wpxi.com/news/25301123/detail.html (WPXI)

P-G: Driver faces trial in death of Mt. Lebanon jogger

A Mt. Lebanon driver charged with striking and killing a woman as she pushed a jogging stroller along Washington Road was ordered today to stand trial on all 12 charges filed against him, including homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter.

Benjamin T. Cope, 20, walked wordlessly past reporters after his preliminary hearing before Dirstrict Judge Mary Murray, but his attorney, Laura

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• www.post-gazette.com/pg/10267/1090039-100.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Other articles:

• Witness: Motorist backed over Mt. Lebanon mom's fallen body (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

PG: Suspect in jogger's death released to attend college

A Mt. Lebanon man charged with killing a young mother as she jogged along Washington Road will be able to resume college classes in Tennessee.

Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey A. Manning agreed today to lift the electronic monitoring requirement and released Benjamin T. Cope on $25,000 straight bail.

Both the prosecution and defense agreed that electronic monitoring would preclude Mr. Cope from attending college classes at Sewanee University, also known as the University of the South, and recommended it not be used.

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• www.postgazette.com/pg/10252/1086298-100.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

KDKA: New Charges Filed In Fatal Mt. Lebanon Accident

Authorities have filed new charges against a driver in connection to a pedestrian accident that killed a mother in Mt. Lebanon.

Lisa Styles, 36, of Mt. Lebanon, was jogging with her 3-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter in a double stroller when she was struck and killed by an SUV at the intersection Washington and Beadling Roads back in June.

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• www.kdka.com/local/Mount.lebanon.stroller.2.1893698.html (KDKA)

Mt. Lebanon Woman Hit By SUV Dies, DUI Charges To Be Filed

A woman from Mount Lebanon has died today after she was hit by an SUV Monday afternoon.

This afternoon, Mt. Lebanon police announced that they will be filing two DUI charges against the driver of the vehicle. Police also said that additional charges could be filed at a later date, if they determine it to be necessary.

Officials said Lisa Styles, 36, was jogging with her two of her three young children in a stroller when she was hit at Beadling Road and Washington Road.

Read more:

• Woman Hit By SUV Dies, DUI Charges To Be Filed (KDKA)
• Mt. Lebanon jogger, struck by SUV, dies (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Jogging mom dies day after SUV struck her (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)