State Prison Inmate to Stand Trial for Trying to Kill Two State Police Troopers

INDIANA, Pa. (AP) — A state prison inmate must stand trial on charges that he tried to murder two Pennsylvania state police troopers in a plot to steal their unmarked cruiser and drive back home to Philadelphia. A judge issued the ruling Tuesday during a hearing for 20-year-old Simere Alford. Authorities say Alford tried to commandeer a state police car with two troopers inside. They say he grabbed one of the trooper’s guns and fired two shots. The car soon crashed and both troopers were injured along with Alford.