PA - Regis Brown, convicted of double murder, now charged in five 1988 slayings *charged Oct 2018*

[Niner]

@sds71 - any updates yet on the next court date?

TIA!

 

[Niner]

@sds71 -

up - going thru my June stuff & wondering if there might be an update?

TIA!

 

[sds71]

@sds71 -

up - going thru my June stuff & wondering if there might be an update?

TIA!

CP-37-CR-0000198-2019
DOB: 03/23/1959

Proc Status: Awaiting Trial
Trial Dt: No
Def Atty: Lawrence County Public Defender's Office - (PD)
Last Action: Judicial Call of the Trial Last Action Date: 07/06/2021
Next Action: Judicial Call of the Trial Next Action Date: 09/07/2021
Last Action Room: Courtroom 1
Next Action Room: Courtroom 1

 

[Niner]

Thanks a bunch @sds71 !

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, Sept. 7th:
*Judicial Call Hearing (@ am ET) - PA - Bryce Kenneth Tompkins (45) (last seen alive Oct. 31, 1988, reported missing Nov. 26, 1988, New Castle; Dec. 26, 1988 found in Hickory Township in the Neshannock Creek in Lawrence County) - *Regis Andrew Brown (59/now 62) arrested, charged (Oct. 18, 2018) & arraigned (5/28/19) with criminal homicide, 2 counts of aggravated assault & intimidation of a witness. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
During an interview with officials this year, Brown confessed to Tompkins’ murder, saying Tompkins had witnessed one of the burglaries.
Plead guilty (Mar. 2018) & sentenced (Oct. 2018) & is serving a life sentence (w/o parole) for the 1st degree murder & 3rd murder in the deaths of his wife, Michelle Brown (53) & his step daughter Tammy Greenawalt (35) in Erie County.
Strong suspect in eight homicides in northwestern Pennsylvania dating from 1986 to 2016.
Trial was set to begin on 10/7/19, moved to 11/4/19, moved to 12/9/19, moved to 1/6/20, moved to 2/3/20-continued no date.
Court info from 3/1/19 thru 3/25/21 reference post #168 here:
PA - Regis Brown, convicted of double murder, now charged in five 1988 slayings *charged Oct 2018*
4/5/21 Update: Next Status scheduled on 5/3/21. 5/3/21 Update: Hearing was rescheduled to 6/7/21. 6/7/21 Update: Judicial Call for trial held. Next Trial status conference hearing on 6/15/21. 6/15/21 Update: Trial status conference hearing rescheduled to 6/24/21. 6/24/21 Update: Next Judicial Call hearing on 7/6/21.
7/6/21 Update: Next Judicial Call hearing on 9/7/21.

 

[Niner]

@sds71 - just wondering if there might be another court hearing date yet?

TIA!

 

[Niner]

Erie County convict standing trial in 1988 New Castle homicide

Can't access... can someone give a 10% synopsis & maybe has next court date?

TIA!

 

[Niner]

Looks like there is a trial going on - but can't access another article.

All I can see is:
Jury hears Brown's murder confession to police | Local News | ncnewsonline.com
New Castle News
Regis Brown gave a detailed confession about how he shot and killed Bryce Kenneth Tompkins to keep him from talking after Tompkins witnessed a

Jury hears Brown's murder confession to police

@sds71 - ??

 

[sds71]

An attorney defending Regis Andrew Brown said he is ready to prove his client’s innocence in court this week as a trial begins for the murder of Bryce Kenneth Tompkins 33 years ago in New Castle.
Brown is being defended by county public defender Larry Keith, who contended in a phone interview Monday that Brown made up the whole confession.
“He wants a trial, because he didn’t do this,” Keith said.

Opening statements are scheduled for 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in the Lawrence County Common Pleas courtroom of President Judge Dominick Motto.
Regardless of the outcome of his trial for Tompkins’ death, Brown, at age 62, will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Erie County convict standing trial in 1988 New Castle homicide

https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Report/CpDocketSheet?docketNumber=CP-37-CR-0000198-2019&dnh=xD8zxPXawEiXJl+IxZqJgg==

@Niner

 

[Niner]

Thank you @sds71 .

Hopefully there will be other articles on "what" happened on Thursday, 9/16 & Friday, 9/17. Guessing trial continues on Monday, 9/20 - ??

 

[Niner]

So - according to this clip that I can see from this article - he was found not guilty??

Jury finds accused killer not guilty | Local News | ncnewsonline.com
New Castle News
Regis Brown on trial this week in cold case murder. Regis Andrew Brown. FILE | NEWS. 0. An Erie County man was found not guilty Friday of a 1988 homicide ...


@sds71 - yes?

 

[Niner]

for @sds71 - found not guilty???

 

[sds71]

for @sds71 - found not guilty???

Regis Andrew Brown, 62, had been charged with one count of criminal homicide, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of intimidating a witness in connection with the death of 54-year-old Bryce Kenneth Tompkins 33 years ago in New Castle. Tonpkins’ body had been found in the middle of the Neshannock Creek near El Rio Beach on Dec. 26, 1988.

The jury found Brown not guilty on each of the charges.

Brown, though, is already serving a life sentence plus additional years after pleading guilty in Erie County to the murders of his wife and stepdaughter in March 2018. He has been serving his time in the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, but has been temporarily moved to the Lawrence County jail for the trial proceedings.



The jury deliberated about 4 hours Friday before returning the verdict, which followed 3 1/2 days of testimony in the courtroom of Judge Dominick Motto.
Jury finds accused killer not guilty

 

[Niner]

Thanks a bunch for that additional info! Thank goodness he is still in prison!