A Franklin County jury has found 27-year-old Trevor Scott Sands guilty of murdering two men in separate incidents in 2017.
that she drove Sands and another man, who both wore balaclava-type masks, to Talley’s house. She said she heard gunshots and that Sands boasted afterward, “my ears are ringing.”
As part of a deal with prosecutors, Cox pleaded guilty in January 2021 to voluntary manslaughter and felonious assault. In exchange for her plea and testimony against Sands, prosecutors dropped a murder charge against her which could’ve carried a life sentence.Frederick Benton Jr., Sands’ attorney, unsuccessfully argued during his closing statement that Cox was not a credible witness since she got a plea deal and changed her story several times during interviews with authorities.
A county Common Pleas Court jury could not reach a unanimous verdict Thursday on whether Henry Borges, 38,, 60, of South Linden.
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