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By Associated Press
POSTED: 04:09 p.m. EST, Nov 10, 2009
ALLENTOWN, Pa.: A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to accidentally starting a fire that killed his bedridden mother by using a lighter to get a cat to come out of hiding.
Twenty-six-year-old Chad Lever, of Slatington, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday and was sentenced to probation.
His 47-year-old mother, Lisa House, had Lou Gehrig's disease and could not walk without assistance.
Lever told police he flicked the lighter behind his mother's bed on Feb. 3 to scare the cat. He says he had done it many times before. The cat never appeared, so Lever left the room to look elsewhere.
Lever then heard his mother screaming. He tried to save her, but couldn't. She later died.
Prosecutor Steven Luksa says Lever was negligent but didn't intend to kill House.
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Information from: The Morning Call, http://www.mcall.com
ALLENTOWN, Pa.: A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to accidentally starting a fire that killed his bedridden mother by using a lighter to get a cat to come out of hiding.
Twenty-six-year-old Chad Lever, of Slatington, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday and was sentenced to probation.
His 47-year-old mother, Lisa House, had Lou Gehrig's disease and could not walk without assistance.
Lever told police he flicked the lighter behind his mother's bed on Feb. 3 to scare the cat. He says he had done it many times before. The cat never appeared, so Lever left the room to look elsewhere.
Lever then heard his mother screaming. He tried to save her, but couldn't. She later died.
Prosecutor Steven Luksa says Lever was negligent but didn't intend to kill House.
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Information from: The Morning Call, http://www.mcall.com
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Canton, OH
Posted 04:22 PM, 11/10/2009
wow - how sad.
Akron, Oh
Posted 04:26 PM, 11/10/2009
He didn't intend to kill the house. But what about his mother?
nice editing ABJ.
Posted 04:37 PM, 11/10/2009
"Reality 2 electric bogaloo" -- his mother's name was "Lisa House", re-read the article.
Posted 04:37 PM, 11/10/2009
If anything, the ABJ knows how to copy and paste
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 04:44 PM, 11/10/2009
@Reality 2
House is the mother's name.
A really sad story. Very unfortunate for the mom, and very stupid on the part of her son. They should question this guy further, to try to determine if this was more than just an accident.
A vacuum cleaner works really well if you need to remove your cat from its hiding place. They will usually take off running when you turn it on, even before they see the nozzle coming for them.
Norton, Oh
Posted 05:32 PM, 11/10/2009
Sad story... on the lighter side, it is funny reading posts trying to explain a reading error to someone with no reading comprehension.
Funtown, OH
Posted 08:51 PM, 11/10/2009
I don't buy his story. To the Angler..W.T.F. is that all about?
Canton, OH
Posted 07:53 AM, 11/11/2009
bibliophile - i was thinking the same thing - our cat is scared of plastic bags - if you shake one near him he runs away. I would never consider a lighter. Wonder how he realized the cat is scared of the flame in the first place?
akron, oh
Posted 09:00 AM, 11/11/2009
If acat is THAT scarecof you, be nicer to the cat. My two cats come when I call.
akron, oh
Posted 09:01 AM, 11/11/2009
"If a cat is THAT scared of..."
I type like 5hit.
Akron, OH
Posted 05:49 PM, 11/11/2009
How sad. I just can't imagine lighting a lighter anywhere you can't see. A flashlight would be a safer alternative.
Akron, OH
Posted 09:35 PM, 11/11/2009
Did the cat live?
