NORRISTOWN, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — An Upper Gwynedd man, who spent 30 years in prison for murder when he was 17 years old, was sentenced on Thursday for stealing tens of thousands of COVID-19 relief dollars three years after he was released on parole.
Vernon Steed, 56, was sentenced to life in prison in 1988 for a murder committed when he was 17. But he was released in 2018 after life sentences for juveniles were ruled unconstitutional.
Three years later, in 2021, Steed and his wife used other people’s information to get $94,875 of COVID-19 rental relief funds…