Trial slated Nov. 5 in Jessup slaying
JESSUP - Jury selection for the murder trial of a Carbondale man accused of fatally stabbing a younger man at a Jessup park last year is scheduled to begin Nov. 5.
A pre-trial conference was held Thursday before Lackawanna County Judge Robert A. Mazzoni.
Dylan Michael Ostrowski, 20, stabbed Lawrence Atkinson in the stomach at Kids Korner playground on Nov. 16, state police said. Mr. Atkinson, 18, died the following day at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton.
Testimony is expected to get under way on Nov. 7. Court will not be in session on Election Day.