Men accept plea deals in home invasion
Roberto M. Esquivel | 蘑菇视频
Walter Myers of Lake Lynn waived all charges against him to court related to the assault and robbery of a Nicholson Township woman in November.
Roberto M. Esquivel | 蘑菇视频
Michael Weber of North Union Township will stand trial for the alleged assault and robbery of a Nicholson Township woman in November.
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Wanda Wokulich used those words to describe the attack by an intruder inside her home and the subsequent burglary of her residence by two suspects after she was beaten and bloodied last fall.
The two Fayette County men accused of allegedly attacking the Nicholson Township woman during a home invasion in November have accepted tentative plea agreements call for up to 12 years behind bars.
Walter Garfield Myers, 35, of Lake Lynn and Michael Nicholas Weber, who turns 24 today, of North Union Township were each charged in the brutal assault on Wokulich at her Konicki Road home shortly before 3 a.m. Nov. 21.
Myers was charged with burglary, robbery, criminal conspiracy to commit burglary, criminal trespassing, and theft while Weber was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, criminal conspiracy to commit burglary, theft, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
Both men waived all charges against them to Fayette County Court during a preliminary hearing today before Magisterial District Judge Randy S. Abraham and accepted the tentative plea offers made by Assistant District Attorney Mark Mehalov.