Ex-mayor acquitted in armed encounter with minors in park

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GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The former mayor of a small western Pennsylvania town has been acquitted of all charges in an armed encounter with several minors in a park following an altercation involving his son. Jurors on Wednesday deliberated for four hours before acquitting former Derry mayor Kevin Gross of a dozen misdemeanor counts of simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment. A Westmoreland County judge had dismissed four felony counts of aggravated assault on Tuesday after prosecutors rested their case. Gross resigned in April 2019 less than a week after he was accused of pointing a weapon at a 15-year-old youth in a borough park and ordering three girls who were bystanders to put their cellphones down.