3rd defendant gets life in barbershop owner’s slaying
Shamone ‘Kadoff’ Woods also ordered to pay more than $31,000 in restitution
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The third of four defendants charged with executing a 33-year-old Coatesville barbershop owner in 2006 received a mandatory life sentence for first-degree murder in Chester County Court on Monday.
With minimal comment, Judge David Bortner imposed the penalty on...
Murderer takes deal to avoid risk of execution
Eric Coxry, convicted of executing Coatesville barber, waives appeal rights
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Eric “Stroda” Coxry agrees to waive his appeal rights in exchange for avoiding the death-penalty phase of his murder conviction.
After ruminating over the weekend about the prosecution’s offer to take the death penalty off the table, a convicted murderer needed...
Murder jury to resume deliberations Friday
Phila. man could receive death penalty for 2006 hit on Coatesville barber
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Eric Coxry, 35, of Philadelphia, is accused of gunning down a Coatesville barber in 2006 for money.
After the jury in the capital murder case against Eric “Stroda” Coxry had been deliberating for nearly seven hours, Chester County Judge David F. Bortner dismissed it for the...
Coatesville death-penalty murder case opens
Philadelphia man is accused of pumping eight bullets into barber
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Eric Coxry is accused of fatally shooting Jonas L. “Sonny” Suber, 33, of Coatesville, on Oct. 21, 2006. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Another chapter in a long-running – and ultimately deadly – Coatesville feud began Friday with openings in the death-penalty...
Phila. man convicted of 2006 Coatesville murder
Jury finds Jeremiah ‘Young’ Bush guilty of all charges
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A jury found Jeremiah “Young” Bush guilty of first-degree murder in the 2006 slaying of Jonas L. “Sonny” Suber, 33.
Another chapter in a long-running, deadly Coatesville feud ended Thursday night when a Chester County jury convicted Jeremiah “Young” Bush,...