Teen waives attempted homicide charges in Georges Twp. assault
A 17-year-old who allegedly robbed and assaulted a man in Georges Township waived his charges Wednesday in the criminal case filed against him in August.
Dylan Wayne Parker of Uniontown accepted a tentative plea offer of 6 years to 12 years in prison, officials said. A count of receiving stolen property was added in the case because the revolver he used in the assault was allegedly stolen. He was denied bail in the case. He has no prior criminal history, officials said.
Three people, including Parker and Corey Lee Sickles, 19, of Uledi, allegedly planned to rob Darrell Myers because Myers owed the third person money. Parker was chosen as the person to carry out the act. Myers was asleep on the couch after a bonfire along Walnut Hill Road Aug. 18 when he awoke to Parker allegedly stealing his wallet and brandishing a pink revolver. Parker allegedly demanded Myers’ cellphone and hit him in the face with the gun. Parker then allegedly forced Myers into the kitchen, hit him in the head again and ordered him into the backyard while pressing the gun against the back of his head. Parker allegedly shoved Myers over an embankment in a wooded area and fired several shots near Myers, telling him to stay down until Parker left. Myers eventually ran to a house and called police, according to court documents.
Police followed a blood trail between the house and the apartment. Neighbors told police they heard gunshots between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Myers had blunt force injuries to his face and injuries from the fall over the embankment, police said.
Parker waived charges of attempted homicide, robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a minor, unlawful restraint, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, two counts of theft and three counts of receiving stolen property.
Sickles is also charged in the case. He was also scheduled for a preliminary hearing Wednesday, but his hearing was continued to a later date, which had not yet been set Wednesday afternoon. Sickles is represented by private attorney Christopher M. Capozzi of Pittsburgh.