Jason Bryan Barber II and Jediah Shane Glover pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges, while Zachary Scott Scalf pleaded guilty to facilitation of second-degree murder.
Jason Bryan Barber II and Jediah Shane Glover pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges, while Zachary Scott Scalf pleaded guilty to facilitation of second-degree murder.
Three men facing first-degree murder charges in the drive-by shooting death of 9-year-old Lillyhanna Davis entered guilty pleas on Thursday to lesser counts in the drive-by shooting.
ELIZABETHTON â Three men charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 10-year-old Lillyhanna Davis made their first appearance in Carter County Criminal Court on Monday morning.
Jason Bryan Barber II, Jediah Shane Glover, and Zachary Scott Scalf each appeared before Judge Lisa Rice to enter not guilty pleas. Each man was dressed in the red and white striped uniform issued to prisoners of the Carter County Jail who are charged with felonies. The men have been held in pretrial confinement since their arrests in November.
In addition to the murder charge, each man is also facing eight counts of reckless endangerment, aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. The men were originally in General Sessions Court, where they underwent a preliminary hearing on Jan. 8. Following that hearing, Judge Keith Bowers Jr. ordered them to appear in Criminal Court on April 12.
Their preliminary hearing was held Friday morning in Carter County Sessions Court.
After the hearing, Judge Keith Bowers Jr. bound over Jason Bryan Barber II, 18; Jediah Shane Glover, 20; and Zachary Scott Scalf, 20. Each is charged with first-degree murder, eight counts of aggravated assault reckless endangerment, possession of a firearm during commission of a felony and criminal conspiracy. The men are scheduled to appear in Carter County Criminal Court on April 12.
They remain in the Carter County Jail on pretrial confinement.
Bowers kept the bond for each man at $900,000. He also scheduled another preliminary hearing on Jan. 29 for Barber and Glover on counts of aggravated assault in a different shooting incident on Swimming Pool Road in Hampton.