Tuesday, March 12th:
*Pretrial Hearing (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA – Nichole Pumphrey (31), her daughter, Ameriah Emery (10) & Lawrence Cannon (31) possibly BF (Oct. 16, 2018, New Castle) – only for *Jody Lynn Hammer (41) arrested & charged (10/17/18) & arraigned (11/13/18) with obstruction of justice. $50K bond, out on bond. Rearrested & charged (12/21/18) & arraigned (1/8/19) with 3 counts criminal homicide, 1 count conspiracy to commit robbery & inflicting serious bodily injury & 1 count hindering apprehension. Held without bond.
11/13/18 Arraignment hearing – waived preliminary hearing.
11/13/18 Update: Plead guilty to obstruction of justice, released from custody on 11/19/18. Formal arraignment on obstruction of justice charge on 1/8. 12/21/18 Update: Hammer rearrested & charged (12/21/18) with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit robbery & hindering apprehension. Held without bond. 12/28/18 Arraignment hearing on murder charges.
2/20/19 Update: Next hearing on 3/12.
*Anthony Lavon “Mook” Cooper, Jr. (19) arrested (10/29/18), charged (10/19/18) & arraigned (11/13/18) with 3 counts of criminal homicide, 3 counts of criminal conspiracy, 1 count of attempted murder & 1 count of carrying firearms without a license. Bail denied.
11/13/18 Arraignment hearing – did not enter plea, denied bail. Next preliminary hearing on 11/21.
11/21/18 Update: Next Preliminary hearing on 12/20. 12/20/18: Next preliminary hearing on 2/1/19. Continued to 2/19. 2/19: next arraignment hearing 4/8.
*Steven Procopio (19) arrested & charged (10/17/18) with 3 counts of criminal homicide, 3 counts of criminal conspiracy, attempted murder & gun offense. Plead not guilty. Bail denied.
Used to babysit Nichole’s kids. 4 other children in home-all safe & in custody.
Had preliminary hearing on 11/1/18. 11/20/18: Next hearing 1/9/19. 11/13/18 Preliminary hearing – Judge bounds his case over to Common Pleas Court. 11/15/18: Judge approves psych evaluation. Motions hearing on 3/10 for discovery. Next hearing on 4/8.