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A Scottdale man was sentenced Friday to serve up to five years in prison for his role in the shooting and robbery of a Derry drug dealer last year.
Brandon Eugene “Lil-Drizzy” Thomas, pleaded guilty to felony charges of robbery and conspiracy. Westmoreland County prosecutors agreed to dismiss attempted homicide, theft and an additional conspiracy count as part of a plea bargain.
According to court records, Thomas, 19, and two others drove out to the Derry Township home of 20-year-old Dylan Matthew Brant on April 5, 2020 under the guise of purchasing THC wax, which is a compressed and more potent form of marijuana. Police said the group planned to use fake money to buy the drugs but stole them instead. They shot Brant when he attempted to stop the robbery before they sped away.
Opening statements will begin Wednesday in the murder trial of a Greensburg man accused of fatally beating a woman whose burned remains were found four years ago in a Derry Township wooded area, a month after police said she was killed. Walter Cable, 28, was charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy,
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The lawyer for a Unity man police said is linked to the 2018 disappearance of his former girlfriend said inaction by Westmoreland County prosecutors violated the state’s speedy trial rules. As a result, he wants a judge to dismiss three pending criminal cases.
Defense attorney Dante Bertani in court documents filed Tuesday argued prosecutors failed to push for Thomas Stanko, 50, to be transferred from a federal prison in Ohio pending disposition of two federal criminal indictments. They are in connection with a .22-caliber rifle found at a Stanko family cabin and weapons offenses related to a search of his Unity property where 17 guns were discovered that authorities say he wasn’t allowed to have.
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The lawyer for a Unity man accused in the shooting death of a Derry mother contends murder charges should be dismissed for a lack of evidence.
Police contend Nathan Quidetto, 21, sought revenge for a drug deal gone awry when at 4 a.m. July 20 he fired shots into a Pandora Road home as 52-year-old Tracy Marie Squib, her husband and two children slept inside.
Investigators said Quidetto shot into the wrong home as no one in the Squib residence was involved in a drug deal with Quidetto.
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Malcolm Dunem didn’t hesitate when asked in court on Wednesday who shot him just yards from his Arnold home three years ago.
“Nick comes out from behind a fence with a gun pointed at me,” Dunem testified in a Westmoreland County courtroom during the second day in the attempted homicide trial of Nicholas Haynes. “I put my hands up and he fired one shot that hit me in my stomach. He shot me again in my left arm.
”That put me to the ground. And he fired again and I was shot again in my right foot.”