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The murder-one conviction and life sentence imposed on an Ohio man, who participated in the drug-related murders of two area men, has been upheld in a decision issued this week by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Samson Ezekiel Washington, 31, was a member of the East Main Money Gang of Columbus, Ohio, a group which came […] ....
HOLLIDAYSBURG A state prison inmate now serving 21 to 80 years for third degree murder was sentenced Friday to additional 18 months to seven years because w ....
cillig@altoonamirror.com Two additional people have been arrested in connection with a 2017 double homicide in Somerset County, the state Attorney General’s office said. Marekus Benson and Deandre Callender face several charges for conspiring with two previously arrested members of the Ohio-based East Main Money Gang to kidnap and murder Portage residents Damien Staniszewski and James Smith. “Drug trafficking is a dangerous and violent enterprise,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. “Two men were murdered so these East Main Money Gang members could continue to operate and profit while bringing poison into Pennsylvania communities.” The bodies of Staniszewski, 19, and Smith, 32, were discovered by a hunter Sept. 29, 2017, near Ligonier Pike in Conemaugh Township. ....
Pennsylvania State Police Hunters found the bodies of James Smith, 32, of Portage, Cambria County, and Damian Staniszewski, 19, of Duncansville, Blair County, in a wooded area of rural Somerset County on Sept. 29, 2017.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Two more people were arrested for their involvement in a double homicide that occurred in rural Somerset County in 2017, officials with the Attorney Generals office said. Marekus Benson and Deandre Callender are facing several charges for conspiring with two previously arrested defendants to kidnap and murder Damien Staniszewski and James Smith, whose bodies were discovered by a hunter on Sept. 29, 2017, in a wooded area around Ligonier Pike in Conemaugh Township, officials said. ....
Somerset County Homicide Update 11:08 pm Two more people have been charged for their roles in a 2017 double homicide case in Somerset County, the Attorney General’s Office announced Friday. Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the arrests of Marekus Benson and Deandre Callender for their roles in the deaths of Damien Staniszewski and James Smith in March of 2017. Benson and Callender were affiliated with the Columbus-based East Main Money Gang, an organization that began operating out of Johnstown in 2014, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Investigators say Staniszewski and Smith burglarized a Johnstown drug stash in March of 2017 during which time the pair stole a large amount of drugs and money. ....