A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a victim was found dead in a car behind a barn in Whitestown last year has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Wright, 20, of Pittsburgh was found shot in a parking lot on Oakland Avenue in Indiana about 4 a.m. Oct. 17, police said at the time.
Initial investigations led police to believe four people conspired to rob Wright of a large quantity of marijuana, which led to the shooting.
According to police, the four people fled following the incident at the Carriage House East apartment complex.
Three of them were arrested earlier:
• Isabella Marie Edmonds was 17 when she arraigned Oct. 17 on multiple charges of homicide and robbery and two counts of criminal conspiracy. Edmonds, who turned 18 Oct. 24, was charged as an adult. She was found walking along Oakland Avenue following the incident.
Prosecutors say a Utica trio was behind several shootings in the city as a mother sought revenge for the death of her son.
In late December, police arrested two 20-year-old Utica residents, Jalil D. Pacheco and Isaiah A. Moore, in the death of Quaheim Holland.
Holland, also a 20-year-old Utica resident, was found dead from a gunshot wound last January behind a barn in Whitestown, officials reported.
Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara said investigators believe he was killed during a robbery and brought with his vehicle from Utica to the snow-covered field along Westmoreland Road. Two nonfatal shootings occurred within days after his death, including at a vigil in Utica in honor of Holland.
2 charged with murder in connection with year-old homicide; one suspect apprehended in Syracuse
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
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UTICA, NY - Two men were arraigned today on charges of second-degree murder in connection with a homicide in Oneida County back in early January.
Jalil D. Pacheco and Isaiah A. Moore, both 20, of Utica, were indicted on the charges, which stem back to a Jan. 8 homicide in the town of Whitestown, said Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol. He notified the community of the arrests in a Facebook live announcement today.
The suspects were identified after a year-long investigation into the murder of 20-year-old Quaheem Holland, who was found dead in an abandoned motor vehicle on Westmoreland Road in Whitestown. Utica police, the Oneida County District Attorney’s office and the New York State Police assisted in the investigation.