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The Times-Tribune reported Judge Margaret Bisignani Moyle sentenced Christopher Wasnetsky to life without parole.
Geraldine Gibbons reported November 4, 2026, at 2:51 p.m. EST, that the judge sentenced Christopher Wasnetsky, 37, to life without parole for shooting Jeffrey Moeller on June 14, 2025, during an overnight shift at Lowe's in Dickson City. The page says he brought a gun to work, shot Moeller in the chest, and shot him again after Moeller asked for help. August stories from FOX56, PennLive, and WVIA describe a mandatory life term that had not yet been imposed.
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Life without parole is the term the Times-Tribune says Judge Margaret Bisignani Moyle imposed on November 4. FOX56's August story said he faces that term. A shot to the chest and then one more shot, on the November 4 page, is not the four shots in the Times-Tribune's August story, and it is not twice more in the head in the affidavit account WVIA printed.
The Times-Tribune, by Geraldine Gibbons, published November 4, 2026, at 2:51 p.m. EST, reported Judge Margaret Bisignani Moyle sentenced Christopher Wasnetsky to life without parole. The headline says he gets life behind bars with no parole. Life without parole, in the sentence naming the judge, and life behind bars with no parole, in the headline, are both on that page. The lede says that on Thursday, the 37-year-old learned he would spend his life behind bars. November 4, 2026, the publication date, was a Wednesday. Thursday, in that lede, and Wednesday, in the paragraph on that page about whether he wanted to speak, are not the same day name. The story reported Moyle acknowledged August trial testimony that Wasnetsky had been a good son, a trusted employee, and a friend to others. It reported he is a University of Scranton graduate, had been a competitive runner, and helped his mother before her death. It reported that, responding to defense requests that he be housed in a correctional facility capable of providing medical care, Moyle said she would make that recommendation to the Department of Corrections, and that Lackawanna County District Attorney Sara Varela did not object. It reported Moyle expressed compassion for Wasnetsky, stricken with a progressive neurological disease impacting his movement, speech, and sight. That sentence does not name the disease. It reported Moyle said she saw no evidence that Moeller had been bullying Wasnetsky, and that she described the situation as a co-worker disagreement that could have been resolved.
The same story reported that on June 14, 2025, he brought a gun to work and shot Jeffrey Moeller to death during their overnight shift at Lowe's in Dickson City. It reported this was not the first time he brought a gun to work with the intention of shooting his co-worker. It reported he brought the gun earlier in the week, that Moeller was out sick, and that he brought it back the next day. It reported that night Wasnetsky approached Moeller while Moeller was working on a forklift in the rear lumber yard and shot him in the chest from about five feet away. It reported that after Moeller fell to the floor, looked up, and asked for help, Wasnetsky shot him again. A shot to the chest, and then another shot, are two shots on that page. It reported that at the August trial, defense attorneys argued he did not act out of cold, calculated malice and that he snapped after years of unaddressed workplace bullying. It reported they asked the jury to find him guilty of third-degree rather than first-degree murder. It reported that just hours after closing arguments, the jury came back with a first-degree murder conviction.
In a victim impact statement the Times-Tribune says was presented to the court, Keisha Moeller, Jeffrey Moeller's widow, wrote, "I want the court to know I forgive Chris." The story reported she added that her forgiveness does not mean Wasnetsky should not be punished for cutting her husband's life short and robbing their three daughters of their father. The daughters are not named. It quoted her: "He deserved more years, more memories, more time with those who loved him." It reported Varela read the statement in court, and that during a phone call days after the shooting Keisha Moeller told her, "I want you to know that Jeffrey wasn't a bully." It reported Moeller recalled the Sunday after the shooting, the day her husband was scheduled to be baptized, and that she took her children to church, where they were baptized in his place. It reported she found solace in her faith and the community's support. It reported Varela noted that neither of the Moellers originally hailed from Pennsylvania, and that when Keisha Moeller was offered a job and got to pick among several locations, the couple chose Scranton. It reported that at trial Wasnetsky told jurors he knew what he did was wrong, especially because he was not aware Moeller was a father, a husband, and a veteran. It reported that on Wednesday, when Judge Moyle asked if he wanted to speak, Wasnetsky, in a prison jumpsuit and a wheelchair, replied, "No, thank you."
FOX56, by FOX56 NEWSROOM, dated Friday, August 14, 2026, at 9:29 a.m., and updated Monday, August 17, 2026, at 4:54 p.m., reported a Lackawanna County jury found Christopher Wasnetsky guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Jeffrey Moeller, who was attacked while working a night shift at a Lowe's store in Scranton. Scranton, on that page, and Dickson City, on the November 4 Times-Tribune story, are not the same place name. It reported the district attorney's office said Wasnetsky will spend the rest of his life in prison, and that District Attorney Brian Gallagher described Moeller as a hardworking husband and father. It reported Gallagher credited Chief Deputy District Attorney Sara Varela and Deputy District Attorney Christina Farrell, and Scranton Police Detective Michael Schultz. Chief Deputy District Attorney, on that August page, and Lackawanna County District Attorney, on the November 4 page, are not the same title for Sara Varela. It reported Wasnetsky faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Faces, in August, and sentenced, on November 4, are not the same day. PennLive's August story reported a jury convicted Christopher Wasnetsky, 36, of Dalton, on Thursday of first-degree murder, according to Fox56. Thirty-six, in that August story, and 37, on November 4, are not the same age. It reported he told police he shot Moeller once in the chest, then multiple times in the head and chest because "he didn't want Moeller to suffer." Once, and then multiple times in the head and chest, is not two shots. It reported he faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole. It does not report a November 4 imposition.
WVIA, published August 14, 2026, at 1:04 p.m. EDT, reported the verdict came on the fourth day of Christopher Wasnetsky's trial for murdering Jeff Moeller on June 14, 2025, at the store in Scranton. Jeff, on that page, and Jeffrey, on the November 4 Times-Tribune story, are not the same fullness of the name. A caption on the WVIA page names Christopher M. Wasnetsky of Dalton. The November 4 story does not print the middle initial or Dalton. WVIA reported Wasnetsky, 36, reported the shooting in a 911 call, according to an arrest affidavit. It reported the affidavit account that he shot Moeller in the chest without warning and then twice more in the head when Moeller asked for help so he wouldn't suffer. Twice more in the head is a third shot. It is not the November 4 account of one more shot, and it is not PennLive's "multiple times in the head and chest." WVIA reported store video showed him shooting Moeller, 44, a New Jersey native who lived in Scranton. Age 44 is that story. It is not in the November 4 story. WVIA reported Brian Gallagher said he will spend the rest of his life in prison. It reported defense attorney Joseph McGraw contended Wasnetsky should not be held responsible because he suffered from brain disorders when he shot Moeller, and it named depression, schizoid disorder, and spinocerebellar ataxia type 7. Those three conditions are not the November 4 sentence, which says a progressive neurological disease impacting movement, speech, and sight and does not name them. The Times-Tribune's August 14, 2026, story, published at 3:11 p.m. EDT and updated at 3:28 p.m. EDT, reported the jury decided late Thursday that Chris Wasnetsky shot a fellow Lowe's employee four times, and that he fired four shots into his co-worker's body. Four, on that August story, and a chest shot and then one more, on November 4, are not the same count. Chris, and Christopher, are not the same name. None of the August stories is the November 4 sentencing. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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