“He is a stain on Philadelphia and society at large, and never again will he be permitted or have a hope of being permitted to menace our community again.”
A 43-year-old Philadelphia man has been sentenced to prison for his role in six deadly shootings and an attempted murder. He later admitted four of the murders came at the bidding of a Philadelphia drug trafficker.
Ernest Pressley, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit murder for hire, four counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission.
A Philadelphia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after prosecutors say he admitted to carrying out six murders, four of which were as a hitman for a drug trafficker.