Murder
Two men who pleaded guilty to their roles in the 2007 beating death of a man in Palmerton were sentenced Monday in County Court after tearful accounts of the tragedy by the victim's family. As part of plea bargains that came after two days of testimony in May, Joseph Roscioli and Michael Harrison of Wilson were sentenced to two to four years in state prison, followed by three years' probation, for causing the death of 63-year-old Man more than a year ago. He died of injuries from a melee in downtown Palmerton that began after the man accused Roscioli, Harrison and two 15-year-olds of throwing a carton of iced tea on his car. A surveillance tape showed Harrison shoving Him, who hit his head on the sidewalk, lapsed into a coma and died two weeks later. ''My dad gave me a huge smile and told me he'd be back soon,'' said the' daughter, Elissa. ''That was the first promise he had ever broken.'' Roscioli and Harrison pleaded gu