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The suspect in a New Kensington police officer's death, Rahmael Holt, is lead from Magisterial District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr.'s office on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, in New Kensington. Holt's cousin, Marcel Mason, was sentenced on Tuesday for hindering the apprehension of Holt.
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Man sentenced for hindering arrest of accused shooter in New Kensington police officer's death

Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette

Man sentenced for hindering arrest of accused shooter in New Kensington police officer's death

A man charged with hindering apprehension of his cousin, who is accused of killing a New Kensington police officer in 2017, will spend 15 to 30 months in prison.

Marcel Mason, 31, was found guilty in a non-jury trial in March before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Kevin G. Sasinoski of hindering and conspiracy. He was sentenced on Tuesday.

Mason was charged a week after the Nov. 18, 2017, shooting death of New Kensington Officer Brian Shaw.

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Police said that Mason, at a house in Duquesne, provided a change of clothes to the man they sought in the killing, Rahmael Holt, and that when they interviewed Mason in the days after the shooting, he denied having any contact with his cousin.

In this 2017 file image, Gregory Baucum, 47, the father of Rahmael Sal Holt is lead from Magisterial District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr.'s office in New Kensington.
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Also charged was Holt’s mother, Sherry Holt. She is scheduled for a jury trial before Judge Sasinoski on June 27.

Rahmael Holt is scheduled for trial in Westmoreland County on Nov. 4 on charges including murder of a law enforcement officer before President Judge Rita D. Hathaway.

First Published: June 4, 2019, 10:15 p.m.

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The suspect in a New Kensington police officer's death, Rahmael Holt, is lead from Magisterial District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr.'s office on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, in New Kensington. Holt's cousin, Marcel Mason, was sentenced on Tuesday for hindering the apprehension of Holt.  (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
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