Venezuela's president declares economic emergency

Pittsburgh-based Reed Smith lays off 45 lawyer, other staff

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man already in prison for gun offenses must spend 9 to 18 more years behind bars for robbing a drug dealer while pretending to be a narcotics officer. The Altoona Mirror reports (http://bit.ly/1RpUBiq1 ) a Blair County judge on Thursday imposed the sentence against 42-year-old Stephen Espenlaub Jr. Espenlaub was sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison after his March conviction for possession of illegal firearms. His attorney asked the judge to impose the new sentence concurrently, meaning Espenlaub would get credit for serving both terms simultaneously. But the judge refused after detectives testified that Espenlaub made it more dangerous for real officers to do their jobs by robbing someone while pretending to be a cop. That means Espenlaub's new sentence won't begin until he's paroled on the current sentence. ___ Information from: Altoona Mirror, http://www.altoonamirror.com

Fake cop gets extra 9 to 18 years for robbing drug dealer