On July 10, Jacob Hicks, 16, of Washington Twp., Montgomery County, received the same sentence.
In exchange, Pelphrey and Hicks agreed to cooperate and testify truthfully and accurately in any future legal proceedings” against the other three three teens charged.
“I hope you will take advantage of this break,” Judge Joe Kirby said to Pelphrey on Monday.
Pelphrey Hicks, Kayla Carmack, Logan Dean and Dakota Cox allegedly plotted to lure the intended victim “for the purposes of tying him up, stripping him of his clothes” and taking him back to his home. There, they planned to rob him and split the proceeds, including money and marijuana, Kirby said in sentencing filings.
At Carmack’s bedroom window, the shooter “heard a noise behind him only to find Trudics coming toward him with a baseball bat.” The intended robbery target fatally wounded Trudics and seriously wounded Dean, who fired two shots “as he was running away,” Kirby said in filings.
Kirby questioned what the quintet was thinking.
“Half an ounce of marijuana and someone ends up dead,” the judge said.
“I’m really sorry for everything that happened,” said Pelphrey, who gets credit for 158 days served while awaiting trial.
Hicks, Pelphrey and Cox all claimed to have abandoned the robbery plan before the shooting started.
On Monday, Pelphrey said he and Hicks left after the robbery target arrived late and were driving away when the shooting started.
His lawyer, Patrick Mulligan, said they opted for the plea after determining their defense wouldn’t hold up in court because Pelphrey was there “by being there the first time.”
Earlier in in July, murder, aggravated robbery and conspiracy cases against Carmack, 17, of Turtlecreek Twp., and Dean, now 17, of Washington Twp., Montgomery County, were bound over to adult court for consideration by a grand jury.
Cox, 18, is already charged in Warren County Common Pleas Court with aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, conspiracy, tampering with evidence and possession of criminal tools. He remained in the county jail, on a $1 million bond, set to return to court on Aug. 18.
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