PITTSBURGH — Federal prosecutors immediately promised to retry celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht after a jury could not reach a verdict Tuesday on charges that he used his staff at the county coroner's office to do work for his lucrative private practice.

U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab declared a mistrial after the jury told him it was deadlocked on the 41 fraud and theft counts against Wecht, who gained fame by inquiring into the deaths of well-known figures.

Prosecutors did not hesitate when asked if they wanted to try the 77-year-old Wecht again.

"We do, your honor, and we will," Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Stallings told Schwab.

By The Associated Press