Peters Township is suing the Washington County Coroner’s office as the police department claims its investigators have not been able to review Timothy Warco’s findings after a baby died back in August. According to the Observer-Reporter, Township Solicitor John Smith filed the lawsuit December 1 seeking an injunction that would require the coroner to readily provide autopsy and toxicology reports to the police department without charging a $700 fee that has been his recent practice. The suit states that “The District Attorney, not the Coroner, is charged and entrusted with applying legal principles to deaths in order to determine whether criminal charges should be filed”. Warco previously stated that he needed police reports to help reach a conclusion. Law enforcement officials have said that the coroner is not designated a criminal justice agency and has not right to review crime scene investigative materials from police departments through the Criminal History Records Information Act. The coroner’s solicitor says the office is reviewing the suit while preparing to file preliminary objections before the deadline. In a written statement, Smith said the township is still willing to work with Warco to find a solution to the situation.