An Allentown man who admitted he used a hammer to kill a pastor in a
city rooming house last year was sentenced Monday to six to 12 years in a
state prison.
Jose Colon, 20, pleaded guilty to voluntary
manslaughter in September, saying he lashed out because he woke up and
found pastor Luis Herrera attempting to rape him.
'I just raged. I can't describe it,' Colon told Lehigh County Judge
Robert L. Steinberg. 'I've never been through that before, that kind of
rage.'
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Luksa said the evidence supported Colon's version of what happened in
the pastor's room, but that Colon was not justified in killing Herrera.
He noted Colon had previous convictions for assaulting and threatening
family members, and was on parole at the time of the slaying.
'This defendant has been on a path of destruction. He was going to hurt someone. It was just a matter of when,' Luksa said.
Allentown man sentenced for killing pastor during sex assault at city rooming house - The Morning Call
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