UPDATE: As of 11:00 AM, five of the seven defendants were sentenced in Indiana County Court.
25-year-old Jacob Brandon Harris of Derry was ordered to serve four years of probation for his guilty plea to a charge of terroristic threats, and to two years of probation for a simple assault charge. Judge Michael Clark said that the sentences will run concurrently.
26-year-old Krysta Tudor of Curwensville, Clearfield County, was placed on probation for three years for a charge of possession with intent to deliver.
43-year-old Shaun A. Walmsley of Frederick, Maryland was sentenced to Indiana County Jail for six months to a day less than two years for a charge of criminal trespass. For a simple assault charge, Walmsley was ordered to serve a year of probation, which will run consecutively to his prison time.
26-year-old Allen Antoine-Eugene Hinton, Jr. of Johnstown was ordered to serve 42 to 84 months in state prison for a charge of carrying a firearm without a license.
And 30-year-old Jason Michael Thomas of Derry was ordered to Indiana County Jail for nine months to a day less than two years and two years of probation after his release for a charge of criminal trespass-breaking into a structure.
WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
Seven defendants are scheduled for sentencing today in Indiana County Court. One of them was a witness to a shooting last summer at the Days Inn in Burrell Township.
26-year-old Matraca Lynn Vrana of Northern Cambria was arrested July 1st in the room where the shooting occurred during a struggle over a gun as Justin Libengood allegedly tried to rob David Lee McGinnis. Both Libengood and McGinnis fled the scene before police arrived, but Vrana remained and was taken into custody. She pleaded guilty in December to a single misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, with non-prosecution for felony possession with intent to deliver and misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance.
Libengood and McGinnis were both taken into custody later and both have criminal charges making their way through the court system, McGinnis in both Indiana and Westmoreland counties.
Also on the sentencing docket today are
- 25-year-old Jacob Brandon Harris of Derry, who pleaded guilty to terroristic threats and simple assault in a case originating last August.
- 26-year-old Krysta Tudor of Curwensville, Clearfield County, for possession with intent to deliver.
- 43-year-old Shaun Walmsley of Frederick, Maryland, for criminal trespass and simple assault, involving a break-in and burglary in which he assaulted his ex-girlfriend.
- 27-year-old Allen Antoine-Eugene Hinton Jr. of Johnstown, for carrying a firearm without a license.
- 30-year-old Jason Michael Thomas of Derry, for criminal trespass, breaking into a structure.
- 32-year-old Elyse Zak of Indiana, for possession of drug paraphernalia, in a methamphetamine case.
