Washington County DA conducts raid on coroner’s office over inquest records
By Paula Reed Ward
Trib Total Media
A dispute between Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh and Coroner Timothy Warco over a fatal police shooting in the spring led to a raid on the coroner’s office Tuesday morning.
Warco, who this month was reelected to a ninth term, said four detectives from the DA’s office and four state troopers served a warrant to search his first-floor office in the Washington County Crossroads Center.
The warrant sought police reports and other evidence used in a coroner’s inquest into the April 2 shooting death of Eduardo L. Hoover Jr., according to coroner’s solicitor Timothy Uhrich.
On Oct. 26, following the inquest, Warco found that Hoover’s death was not justified. He recommended that charges of involuntary manslaughter be filed against Mt. Pleasant Township police Officer Tyler Evans.
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