Commonwealth v. Rush

OPINION BY

MOULTON, J.:

John Lewis Rush appeals from the March 10, 2015 judgment of sentence entered in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas following his convictions of four counts of aggravated assault and one count each of disarming a law enforcement officer; torture of a police animal; cruelty to animals; resisting arrest; escape; possession of a weapon; and flight to avoid apprehension, trial, or punishment. 1 We affirm.

The trial court set forth the following facts:

On January 28, 2014, [Allegheny County Sheriffs Office Deputy John Herb] was assigned to the fugitive squad, and was…