SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A man accused of having pushed a woman into an eastern Pennsylvania river has been charged with homicide in her death.
Twenty-four-year-old Ryan Taylor of Scranton, who is listed as homeless, is charged in Lackawanna County in the Feb. 28 death of Danee Mower.
He was charged earlier with aggravated assault following what authorities called an argument over drugs that escalated to a fight. Police allege that Taylor grabbed Mower’s leg and flipped her backward into the Lackawanna River. The county coroner said she died of hypothermia and drowning and ruled the death a homicide.
Court documents indicate that Taylor requested a public defender, but a representative of the county office said another attorney would likely be assigned next week because the office previously represented Mower.
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