Nov 22, 2016 3 min read

A Charleroi man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a 2014 crash was resentenced Tuesday in Washington County Court to a state prison term after his probation was revoked.

Bryan D. Anthony, 37, of Shady Avenue, will now spend 2 to 10 years in a state prison under the sentence imposed by Judge Michael Lucas following a hearing and presentence investigation by the county adult probation office.

Lucas revoked Anthony’s probation in October. In a petition requesting the revocation filed in August, an adult probation officer said Anthony violated the conditions of his previous sentence by making four trips to The Meadows Casino in North Strabane in July while he was on house arrest.

Reached late Tuesday, Joseph Horowitz, Anthony’s attorney, declined to comment beyond reiterating what his client said in court earlier in the day.

“He just said he was very remorseful for what happened,” Horowitz said.

Anthony was placed in jail Aug. 1, according to jail records.

The probation officer’s petition also alleged Anthony violated a condition of his probation requiring him to be truthful with the probation office.

Assistant District Attorney Rachel Wheeler said Anthony initially denied going to the casino and then professed not to remember when he was told there was evidence he was there.

Anthony pleaded guilty in May to the involuntary manslaughter charge and a charge of aggravated assault by vehicle in a four-vehicle accident Feb. 22, 2014, on Interstate 70 that killed Brian L. Anselmino, 45, of South Strabane Township.

His original sentence consisted of 23 months in an intermediate punishment program, with the first three months on house arrest with an ankle monitor.

Anselmino was a standout basketball player at Ringgold High School and Duquesne University. He also was a coach of youth sports. For several years, he was a volunteer and later was an assistant boys basketball coach at Canon-McMillan High School.

Anthony was driving west in the westbound lanes just before 1 p.m. when his car crossed the median and struck Anselmino’s sport-utility vehicle, which rolled on its side. A state police accident reconstruction specialist put Anthony’s speed at 68 mph in the 55-mph zone.

Anselmino’s vehicle then struck an eastbound tractor-trailer, which veered across the median on the westbound side of the highway. The rig jackknifed there, blocking both lanes. A fourth vehicle drove into debris in the westbound lanes and came to rest facing eastbound in the median.

Anselmino was pronounced dead on the scene. His then 13-year-old son, Anthony Anselmino, was flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh.