Canton driver accused of beating 85-year-old retired steel worker wants to change plea Travonce Backie (Source: Canton police) By Julia Bingel | May 10, 2021 at 2:25 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 2:25 PM STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The attorney for the 32-year-old man accused of viciously beating an elderly retired steelworker after a car accident filed a motion to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. Travonce Backie was indicted on the charges of felonious assault, failure to stop after an accident, driving under suspension and repeat violent offender specification. The motion to change his plea will be heard on June 10 in front of Stark County Court of Common Pleas Judge Natalie Haupt.