From Philly.com
Common Pleas Judge Benjamin Lerner denied a motion to quash the third-degree murder charge against defendant John D. Leck, who is accused of killing Officer Brian Lorenzo on July 8 in the fiery crash on I-95 near the Cottman Avenue exit.
Michael K. Parlow, Leck’s attorney, filed the motion asking that the murder count – the most serious charge against his client – be thrown out.
Leck, 47, a debt collector from Levittown, was driving the wrong way shortly after 3 a.m., when his Audi A6 struck struck Lorenzo’s motorcycle head-on. The officer was thrown into the car’s windshield and then over the top of the car to the pavement.
Lorenzo, 48, a 23-year veteran cop, husband and father of three, was left dead on the highway. He had been headed home to the Northeast after his work shift.
Assistant District Attorney Jacqueline Coelho….MORE
Widow of officer files lawsuit against bar that served John D. Leck too much booze and then let him drive away to kill