Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania man to serve more than 12 years in 2020 Cambridge drug theft killing
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to greater than 12 years behind bars for his position within the March 2020 taking pictures loss of life of a Cambridge man in a reported dispute over stolen unlawful medication.
Taylor Ruffin Herrington, 31, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had pleaded responsible to utilizing a firearm in reference to a drug trafficking crime which prompted the loss of life of Michael Haines. He additionally pleaded responsible to conspiracy to distribute heroin and crack cocaine.
In U.S. District Courtroom Thursday, Decide Christina Reiss sentenced Herrington to 150 months behind bars. He was given credit score for time he has already served since his arrest in March 2020.
In keeping with court docket filings within the case, between the summer time of 2018 and March 2020, Herrington was within the Chittenden County space promoting heroin and crack cocaine.
On March 3, 2020, prosecutors mentioned, Herrington had a dispute with the sufferer as a result of Haines had stolen Herrington’s heroin.
“Indignant concerning the theft, Herrington fired six pictures on the entrance of Michael Haines’s home in Cambridge, Vermont,” the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for Vermont mentioned in a press launch Thursday.
“One of many bullets fired by Herrington pierced the entrance of the home and struck Haines who was standing within the kitchen,” in accordance with the discharge. “By the point the police arrived, Michael Haines had died of the gunshot wound.”
Prosecutors initially thought-about pursuing the loss of life penalty within the case however determined in opposition to it.
In keeping with paperwork filed within the case by prosecutors, Herrington’s arrest on March 19, 2020, happened after Vermont State Police realized extra particulars from a “supply of knowledge.”
Prosecutors wrote that Herrington informed the supply concerning the taking pictures, “together with the truth that Herrington shot Haines in a dispute over 60-70 bundles of heroin.”
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