2/1/17
by News Department on 02/01/17Plea in toddlers death...
A Butler Township man accused in the death of a toddler, in 2013, has entered a plea in Schuylkill County court.
Phillip Moeller was charged in 2015 with the death his girlfriend’s grandson, 4-year-old Tanner Geiger.
According to court papers, Moeller was babysitting the child and called Butler Township police after the 4-year-old boy stopping breathing.
Tanner was taken to Geisinger Medical Center near Danville, where he died a few days later from head injuries.
Moeller told police he was playing with the child, log-rolling him onto the bed when Tanner hit his head. Medical experts said the child’s injuries were too severe for that. He later told authorities that he was more forceful, was frustrated with the child and threw him harder than originally stated.
The Schuylkill County district attorney says Moeller has entered a no contest plea to involuntary manslaughter.
