INDIANA BOROUGH, Pa. — One of three people charged in the shooting deaths of two men in Indiana Borough pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
Catherine Hullenbaugh, 21, was sentenced to three to 10 years Tuesday after pleading guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit robbery. She was initially charged with homicide.
Police said in May Hullenbaugh and Consetta Menta drove from the Pittsburgh area to Indiana with Jamar Jones and Shawn Richardson to allegedly buy marijuana from George Exum and then rob him.
Police said the women went into Exum’s apartment at Essex House on Oakland Avenue first, and then let the two men inside. Then men had a tire iron and planned to rob Exum and steal a safe.
Exum fought back and shot both Jones and Richardson, killing them.
Channel 11 learned Exum was protected under the Castle Doctrine, which allows a person to defense his home against an intruder. Homicide and aggravated assault charges against him were withdrawn. Exum pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to possession with intent to deliver. He will be sentenced in February.
Menta pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit robbery. She also will be sentenced in February.
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