Ex-council member Pirtle to be tried this summer
URBANA – Former Champaign City Council member J.W. Pirtle will be tried this summer on involuntary manslaughter charges, in the wake of a judge's ruling validating the search of a home where a man died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Pirtle, 72, was indicted in September 2004 for involuntary manslaughter, a felony, and misdemeanor criminal housing management, in connection with the Jan. 29, 2004, death of Otha Lee Harmon, 41.
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