From staff reports
A former Cochranton man who has already been sentenced for killing his stepmother and half-brother in 2019 has pleaded guilty to federal charges of Hobbs Act robbery and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, U.S. attorney Cindy K. Chung said Tuesday.
Jack Turner
The federal charges stem from an Aug. 11, 2019, incident in which Jack Turner, 23, robbed a Kwik Fill in Erie at gunpoint, a news release from the Department of Justice said.
Turner pleaded guilty to two counts before U.S. district judge Susan Paradise Baxter, according to the news release.
Turner pleaded guilty in September 2021 in Crawford County Court to the murder of Shannon Whitman, 49, and her 10-year-old son, Darrin Whitman, who were found dead in their home on Highway 198 on Aug. 10, 2019.
Baxter scheduled sentencing on the federal charges for June 10, 2022, the news release said. The law provides for a total sentence of life in prison, a fine of $500,000, or both.
Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Millcreek Police Department conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Turner.
