SHARON — Police say a Western Pennsylvania man illegally tattooed a 9-year-old boy and his 14-year-old sister.

Police say 29-year-old James Houser of Sharon, tattooed the siblings last summer with a homemade tattoo gun. He wrote "100 percent dead" on each of the boy's arms and put a heart on the girl's leg and something illegible on her back.

Police say the children's mother found out right away, but didn't notify authorities. Instead, the boy's father, who doesn't live with the family, notified authorities recently after discovering the tattoos.

Houser is charged with four counts of tattooing a minor without a parent's consent or presence.

HOOKSTOWN — A state trooper doesn't expect criminal charges against the owner of a dog that fatally mauled an 8-year-old girl in Western Pennsylvania.Trooper Matthew Roth says the dog that killed Brianna Shanor Monday evening was chained and the girl had been warned to stay away from him. The dog, part Rottweiler, weighed more than 100 pounds and will likely be euthanized.