Man sentenced for stabbing and murdering PSP liquor enforcement officer on the Montour Trail in 2024

(Photo of Anthony Quesen “Antonia Kaseim” Courtesy of the Allegheny County Jail)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) According to a release from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, twenty-five-year-old Anthony Quesen was sentenced to 16-42 years in a penitentiary for the murder of Benjamin Brallier in 2024. On October 21st of that year, Brallier was stabbed on the Montour Trail during a morning run. Brallier was a liquor enforcement officer with the Pennsylvania State Police who was off-duty at the time of the stabbing and later died at a hospital after the incident occurred. Quesen, who uses the name Antonia Kaseim, pleaded guilty but mentally ill on August 25th2025 to third-degree murder in connection to the death of Brallier.