ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — The sister of the man charged with shooting a Harmony Township police officer earlier this week said her brother is innocent and the evidence being used against him is bogus.
Police charged Earl Hollins, 28, with criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault and firearms not to be carried without a license. Investigators allege Hollins shot Officer Alan Loskoch on Wednesday after the officer spotted him trying to break into cars around 4 a.m.
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Channel 11 on Saturday talked to Brittney Hollins, who adamantly defended her brother against the charges.
Hollins told Channel 11 her brother would never commit a crime like this and added she was with him in Aliquippa on the night of the shooting.
Her argument hinges on her brother’s hair style. Loskoch gave the description of the shooter as someone with short braids or dreadlocks.
Police allege Hollins changed his hair style directly after the shooting in an attempt to throw police off his tracks.
But according to Hollins’ sister, that’s not the case.
"You can clearly see there is no dreads in this head and this is the day before the shooting so how can he automatically grow dreads in his hair, do this act with the cop, cut his hair back off and then have it grown back?” she told Channel 11 while showing a picture of her brother.
Hollins also said when authorities made it clear they wanted to arrest Earl, he did the right thing and turned himself in.
She is hoping those authorities will realize her brother is innocent.
“Do your job and find the real person, the tall skinny one with dreads that’s over in Ambridge, because it’s not my brother,” she said.
On Wednesday, police got a tip and went to speak with Earl Hollins, who they found at a house in Aliquippa.
He told police he was staying down the street with his grandparents, which police determined was a lie.
Hollins turned himself into police Friday night and was arraigned on the charges Saturday morning.
He remains behind bars and will face a preliminary hearing on Nov. 10.
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