Tuscarawas County Prosecutor Ryan Styer said his office is recommending Boyd be sentenced to seven years in prison, the same sentence given to co-conspirator Jordan C. Robinson, 20, of Bloomingdale, who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, aggravated robbery and conspiracy.
NEW PHILADELPHIA The third and final defendant in the Sept. 11 murder of Luke W. Cabbage has pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy a part of a negotiated plea agreement.
Kyle G. Boyd, 23, entered the pleas Friday before Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Judge Edward O'Farrell, who scheduled sentencing for July 6.
Tuscarawas County Prosecutor Ryan Styer said his office is recommending Boyd be sentenced to seven years in prison, the same sentence given to co-conspirator Jordan C. Robinson, 20, of Bloomingdale, who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, aggravated robbery and conspiracy.
The gunman, Arnoldo Moreno-Orduno, 19, of Dillonvale, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years for killing Cabbage with a single gunshot to the back.
Boyd, of Mingo Junction, was scheduled to go to trial today for his role in the death of the 19-year-old New Philadelphia man, who was killed in an armed robbery.
Cabbage was found dead in Newcomerstown. Prosecutors and police say that although Moreno-Orduno was the principal offender, Boyd and Robinson knew it would be an armed robbery and participated minimally in the actual robbery and shooting.
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