From staff reports
A Jefferson County man accused of shooting and killing his roommate entered a guilty plea Tuesday afternoon.
William Joseph Sivak, 65, pleaded guilty to a charge of third-degree murder, according to a spokeswoman from the Jefferson County district attorney’s office.
On May 10, 2020, Sivak shot and killed his roommate, Amos Leroy Smail, 60, at their residence at 732 Smail Road, Union Township, Jefferson County.
Police arrived at the residence and found Smail’s body outside next to his pickup truck.
The complaint said Sivak told police he shot Smail because he “couldn’t take him anymore and was tired of him (Smail) giving him a hard time.”
Sivak had requested a jury trial that was scheduled to begin Thursday in Brookville.
He will be sentenced July 7.
