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Team 4 Follow-Up: New Details Surface In Regola Gun Case

POSTED: 4:40 pm EDT September 19, 2006

Team 4 found out details you've never heard before about what happened at state Sen. Bob Regola's house the night his teenage neighbor died.

We know the senator's son, Bobby, was home alone.

Now we have a timeline of when he was coming in and out and new details about where the gun was.

Louis Farrell was campaigning for his Hempfield Township neighbor, but since Farrell's death in July, the senator and his son Bobby have come under police scrutiny.

At a news conference, the senator's attorney, Mark Rush, released new details about the Regola family's actions the night Farrell died.

  • At 10:30 p.m., Bobby Regola arrived home from Idlewild Park.
  • At 10:40 p.m., Bobby discovered his father's gun was missing from the senator's bedroom, where it was locked in a case. He called Regola, who was in Harrisburg. The senator's brother then came to the house.
  • At 11:30 p.m., Bobby had a six-minute phone conversation with Louis Farrell. They talked about the Regola dogs Louis was watching and about Bobby's Idlewild trip.
  • At 12:05 a.m., the alarm was set at the Regola home and Bobby was home for the night.
  • At 8:30 a.m. the next morning, the alarm was turned off.

    Rush said the phone records and alarm records have been turned over to state police and they offer strong evidence.

    "Bobby Regola was not there when Louis Farrell died," said Rush.

    But Jon Perry, the Farrell family attorney, questions why Regola never called police after learning that his gun was missing.

    "I think he had a responsibility to inform the authorities immediately that a handgun had been stolen from his residence, and if you believe their timeline, they knew that the handgun was missing at a time frame when Louie Farrell was still alive," said Perry. "Had they made that call, perhaps we wouldn't be having this discussion today."

    In a prepared statement, Sen. Regola said neither he nor his son had any responsibility for Farrell's death. And he said he and his son have cooperated with police.

    Several weeks ago, police said at a news conference that the senator had not been cooperative.

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