Second suspect in Redstone stabbing, robbery plot arrested
A man accused of stabbing a Redstone Township man after plotting to rob him with two others was arrested Wednesday night.
Willie James Lancaster, 27, of Snyder Terrace nearly cut Donald Kilgore’s ear off and stabbed him in the abdomen after demanding his wallet, police said.
Brittany Nicole Sumey, 25, of Searights was arrested immediately after the alleged incident early Monday when Kilgore caught her and held her on a neighbor’s porch until police arrived. The third person charged in the alleged conspiracy, Zelcon Demez Walker, 21, of Pershing Court was still on the lam Thursday afternoon.
Police allege Lancaster and Walker planned for Sumey to meet Kilgore at White Tavern Bar and then go home with him. At his residence, Sumey was on her phone and asked if they could go on the porch for a cigarette. There, Kilgore was met by Lancaster. Kilgore was stabbed after a struggle and later flown by medical helicopter to a trauma center in Pittsburgh, according to court documents.
Lancaster and Sumey fled to a staged vehicle where Walker was waiting, but Kilgore caught Sumey and held her on a neighbor’s porch. The woman inside called 911, police said.
Lancaster is charged with attempted homicide, robbery, aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit robbery and aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and theft.
He was arraigned at about 11:15 p.m. Thursday and lodged in Fayette County Prison in lieu of a $250,000 bond set by on-call Magisterial District Judge Ronald Haggerty Jr.
He faces a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Mike Defino Jr. at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 13.
Sumey is in jail on a $25,000 bond. She and Walker are charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.