Coraopolis Man Released in Death of McKees Rocks Activist

Charges against a Coraopolis man wrongly accused in the January beating death of a McKees Rocks activist will be dropped, according to the Allegheny County district attorney's office.

Sean Overton, 20, was arrested earlier this year in connection with the death of 61-year-old Isaiah Dent. He appeared in court last month and homicide charges were held for trial.

According to the Post Gazette, Londele Cox, 21, of Elliot, told police they had arrested the wrong man. He was arraigned Thursday on charges of homicide, robbery and tampering with evidence, court records show.

Dent was found dead Jan. 28 in his apartment with blunt trauma to his head and puncture wounds on his face. 

Allegheny County Police received a tip on Overton and found him Jan. 30 at his mother's Cedar Drive home in Moon Township's Mooncrest neighborhood. 

Overton had been held without bail in the Allegheny County Jail due to the nature of the charges.

A spokesman in the district attorney's office said an order was sent down to the jail Thursday for Overton's release.

The Post Gazette reports that county homicide detectives continued tracing a series of phone calls from Dent's cell phoneand contacted Cox on Wednesday.

The P-G reports Cox told detectives he went to Dent's home Jan. 25 to buy marijuana and snapped, striking Dent numerous times after Dent began talking about Cox's claims that he had been sexually assaulted by three members of his former wrestling team.

Cox is being held without bail in the county jail.

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