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Fox Chapel man charged in Baldwin homicide ordered to stand trial

Allegheny County police say Adam Rosenberg, 21, is charged with homicide in the death of Jeremy Dentel, 28.

Fox Chapel man charged in Baldwin homicide ordered to stand trial

Allegheny County police say Adam Rosenberg, 21, is charged with homicide in the death of Jeremy Dentel, 28.

THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CASE. ELENA: SHOCKING AND SICKENING ARE THE WORDS THE JUDGE USED TO DESCRBE THE EVIDENCE HEARD AGAINST ADAM ROSENBERG IN COURT TODAY. DECIDING TO HOLD ALL CHARGES AGAINST ROSENBERG FOR TRIAL, 21-YEAR-OLD ADAM ROSENBERG WILL STAND TRIAL FOR CHARGES OF ROBBERY, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, FIREARM VIOLATIONS, AND CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. HE’S ACCUSED OF KILLING 28-YEAR-OLD JEREMY DENTEL IN HIS HOME ON VERNON AVENUE IN BALDWIN BOROUG INVESTIGATORS FOUND DENTEL’S BODY ON FEBRUARY 15. HE WAS SHOT ONCE IN THE HEAD. TODAY, THE PROSECUTION FOCUSING ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A NEIGHBOR’S HOME ACROSS THE STREET. DETECTIVES SAY IT SHOWS A MAN INSIDE THE BALDWIN HOME OPENING THE DOOR TO LET ANOTHER PERSON INSIDE. LESS THAN 50 SECONDS LATER, THE SAME PERSON LEAVES THE HOME. THEY ALSO FOCUSED ON A CELLPHONE NUMBER. THE OWNER OF THAT CELLPHONE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DENTEL THROUGH THE DAY, ARRANGING A MEET-UP. THE CELL PHONE WAS PINGED IN T AREA OF DENTEL’S HOME, AND IT LATER LEAD THEM TO THE HOME OF ROSENBERG IN FOX CHAPEL. THE DEFENSE, CALLING NO WITNESSES, ARGUED THAT THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE PROSECUTION IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL. >> RIGHT NOW, THERE’S NOT AN IDENTIFICATION OF OUR CLIENT. BUT AGAIN, THERE’S A LOT LEFT TO BE UNCOVERED ACCORDING TO THE COMMONWEALTH, AND, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVIDENCE THEY PRESENTED AND THEY ANSWERED SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. ELENA: IN AN UNRELATED CASE CAN QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT THE DEATH OF 22-YEAR-OLD CHRISTIAN MOORE-ROUSE, WHOSE REMAINS WERE FOUND ACROSS THE STREET. JUST YESTERDAY, MOORE-ROUSE’S DEATH WAS RULED A HOMICIDE, A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. POLICE HAVE NOT YET CHARGED ANYONE IN MOORE ROUSE’S DEATH. >> HE HASN’T BEEN CHARGED IN THAT YET. I THINK THAT WOULD BE PREMATURE FOR ANY OF US TO SPECULATE OR MAKE ANY TYPE OF COMMENTS. EL
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Fox Chapel man charged in Baldwin homicide ordered to stand trial

Allegheny County police say Adam Rosenberg, 21, is charged with homicide in the death of Jeremy Dentel, 28.

UPDATE: Adam Rosenberg was ordered to stand trial in the death of Jeremy Dentel after a preliminary hearing Friday. Rosenberg will remain in the county jail to await his trial date.PREVIOUS STORY (Feb. 20): Allegheny County police have made an arrest after a man was found shot inside his home in Baldwin late Sunday evening.Police said detectives determined that 21-year-old Adam Rosenberg (pictured below) was responsible for the homicide of 28-year-old Jeremy Dentel. Rosenberg was taken into custody at his home in Fox Chapel and has been charged with criminal homicide, robbery, firearm violations and tampering with evidence. He is being held in the Allegheny County Jail. Dentel was found in his house on Vernon Avenue in Baldwin Borough. The medical examiner said Dentel had been shot in the head.Police said Dentel was last seen at 8 p.m. Friday, and investigators have determined that he was using messaging apps until 6 p.m. Saturday."Detectives also learned there was a heavy set white male in the area at the same time and date," police said. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Chris Lovingood talked to a neighbor who knew Dentel and described him as "a really, really good kid."Click the video player above to hear more from the neighbor.

UPDATE: Adam Rosenberg was ordered to stand trial in the death of Jeremy Dentel after a preliminary hearing Friday. Rosenberg will remain in the county jail to await his trial date.

PREVIOUS STORY (Feb. 20): Allegheny County police have made an arrest after a man was found shot inside his home in Baldwin late Sunday evening.

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Police said detectives determined that 21-year-old Adam Rosenberg (pictured below) was responsible for the homicide of 28-year-old Jeremy Dentel. Rosenberg was taken into custody at his home in Fox Chapel and has been charged with criminal homicide, robbery, firearm violations and tampering with evidence.

Adam Rosenberg
Adam Rosenberg

He is being held in the Allegheny County Jail.

Dentel was found in his house on Vernon Avenue in Baldwin Borough. The medical examiner said Dentel had been shot in the head.

Police said Dentel was last seen at 8 p.m. Friday, and investigators have determined that he was using messaging apps until 6 p.m. Saturday.

"Detectives also learned there was a heavy set white male in the area at the same time and date," police said.

Jeremy  Dentel
Jeremy Dentel

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Chris Lovingood talked to a neighbor who knew Dentel and described him as "a really, really good kid."

Click the video player above to hear more from the neighbor.