Ohio man pleads not guilty to misdemeanor charge after recording video of fatal accident scene
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This undated photo provided by the Lorain City Jail shows Paul Pelton. Pelton has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge after posting online a cellphone video of a grisly car crash in northeast Ohio that killed one teenager and critically injured another. Pelton is accused of using his phone to record the single-car accident in Lorain, Ohio on July 13. It occurred after the vehicle went airborne while crossing railroad tracks and crashed into a house. Police say Pelton is heard calling the 17-year-old occupants "idiots" as others tried to help them. (Lorain City Jail via AP) (The Associated Press)
A man has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge after posting online a cellphone video of a grisly car crash in northeast Ohio that killed one teenager and critically injured another.
Forty-one-year-old Paul Pelton is accused of using his phone to record the single-car accident in Lorain on July 13. It occurred after the vehicle went airborne while crossing railroad tracks and crashed into a house. Police say Pelton is heard calling the 17-year-old occupants "idiots" as others tried to help them.
Pelton entered his plea Wednesday in Lorain Municipal Court.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say the charge stems from Pelton opening a car door on the wrecked vehicle while recording.
His attorney says Pelton shouldn't have been charged and will be vindicated.