{"id":3483,"date":"2012-12-19T12:44:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T17:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2012-12-19T13:42:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T18:42:39","slug":"gang-member-admits-roles-in-murder-escape-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=3483","title":{"rendered":"Gang member admits roles in murder, escape plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plea agreement avoids risk of death penalty for 2004 Coatesville slaying<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/span><\/strong>, Managing Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Shymek H. Hynson admitted his roles in a 2004 Coatesville homicide as well as a recent plot to break out of Chester County Prison.<\/p><\/div>\n

Authorities said a convicted Coatesville murderer wanted to get out of Chester County Prison so desperately that he conspired with a like-minded inmate to hatch an escape plan.<\/p>\n

Instead, Shamek H. Hynson, 32, formerly of Lancaster County, bought himself more jail time, adding escape and conspiracy charges to an already lengthy list of offenses.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Chester County President Judge James P. MacElree II sentenced Hynson to life in prison plus 20 to 40 years for the 2004 first-degree murder of Omar Reid of Coatesville. Under the terms of a plea agreement, Hynson, who was represented by Assistant Public Defenders David Miller and James McMullen, also received 2 1\/2 to 5 years on conspiracy to commit escape.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Assistant District Attorney Mark J. Conte said in exchange for the plea, Reid avoided the possibility that he would be sentenced to death. \u201cThis case has been a gaping wound for the Reid family for eight years,\u201d Conte said, adding that he hoped the fact that justice had been served would bring closure to the family. Miller had no comment on the resolution.<\/p>\n

Hynson will be returned to the federal system, where he has been \u00a0serving a life sentence for heading 50 Million Soldiers, a Lancaster County gang that operated a violent, multimillion-dollar cocaine and heroin ring.<\/p>\n

Police said Hynson conspired with his half brother, Prince Isaac, in the revenge killing of Omar Reid on Oct. 18, 2004, at a Coatesville apartment complex. Police said Reid had shot and paralyzed Ramek Neal, the pair\u2019s brother, during an attempted robbery.<\/p>\n

Hynson was one of four defendants taken into custody in the escape case. Authorities said Hynson and Saleem D. Williams, 21, of Sharon Hill, conspired to break out of Chester County Prison, enlisting the aid of their respective girlfriends \u2013 Jameela A. Rozier, 19, of Upper Darby, and Sara-Anne H. Lombardo, 19, of Sharon Hill.<\/p>\n

District Attorney Tom Hogan credited prison workers and county detectives for their efforts to avert the escape attempt. According to court documents, the women intended to smuggle a gun and materials to break security glass to the prisoners. Although law-enforcement sources doubted the bold, violent plan would have succeeded, they feared that its unraveling could have put many at risk.<\/p>\n

Williams is awaiting trial for the Sept. 14, 2011, fatal shooting of Selvin Mamerto Lopez-Mauricio, 22, a fast-food worker from Phoenixville. Police said Williams, the alleged triggerman, joined two accomplices to rob Lopez-Mauricio, a Guatemalan native who was killed resisting the trio\u2019s efforts to steal his backpack.<\/p>\n

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