Man Will Serve 4-20 Years for Killing Half-Brother
Cory James Maletsky pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Thursday for fatally stabbing his half-brother Christopher Lloyd in South Whitehall.
Cory James Maletsky pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Thursday for fatally stabbing his half-brother Christopher Lloyd in South Whitehall last September after a drunken brawl, according to online court documents. Under the plea, Maletsky, 24, could be sentenced between four and 20 years, according to The Morning Call. Police had said the half-brothers and two other men were drinking alcohol and watching TV around a fire pit at 1521 N. Leh St. "[Lloyd] had an unfortunate tendency to become aggressive when he's drinking a lot of hard alcohol," Assistant District Attorney Steve VanNatten said according to an article in The Express-Times. When Maletsky tried to break up a fight between Lloyd and one of the men, Lloyd grabbed him by the…
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