A third suspect involved in a deadly New Albany home robbery pleads guilty to his role in the crime. According to the probable cause affidavit, then-19-year-old Zakarion Peters fired the shots that killed 25-year-old Dajour Drones.Zakarion Peters was silent as he walked into the Floyd County courtroom Thursday morning. As he made his way inside, Dajour Drones’ sister, Sheryle Wilson, said he was anything but silent.”He literally walked in the courtroom laughing. There was no remorse there,” said Wilson.The 20-year-old pleaded guilty to felony robbery and a firearms charge. His deal included 25 years in prison and five years on probation.”And if it were up to me, he wouldn’t be getting out. And I hope he doesn’t make it out,” Wilson told WLKY.Investigators say he was part of a team of five involved in a deadly home invasion. Last September, police say 22-year-old Hannah Cushing planned a robbery at Drones’ home on Beechmont Avenue. Investigators say she drove her boyfriend Cortlen Berry, Demetrius Roberts, Peters and then-17-year-old Louvens Samson to the home. They stole money, guns, and marijuana. Drones, the 25-year-old father, was found dead outside the house, as his 2-year-old daughter, Royalty, was inside.”She’s just too young to understand why. So that’s the hardest part is just her being like, where is he? Where is he and me not being able to fully answer because she’s just too young to even give a straight answer to,” said Makenzie Wallace, the mother of Drones’ 2-year-old daughter. This is the third guilty plea accepted in the case. Cushing was sentenced to 20 years; Berry was sentenced to 26 years in prison. A fourth suspect, Louvens Samson, is set to be sentenced later this month. He plans to accept a plea deal. “If you choose to use guns to commit crimes in our community, you will go to jail. That is my intention. And crimes of violence will not be tolerated,” said Chris Lane, the Floyd County prosecutor.As the family plans to face each person in court, they say they don’t forgive any of the suspects, because the suspects took a father away from his only daughter. “She does walk around sometimes and go, ‘Where’s Daddy? Where’s Daddy?’ And I tell her, ‘Daddy’s in heaven,'” Wilson said.
A third suspect involved in a deadly New Albany home robbery pleads guilty to his role in the crime.
According to the probable cause affidavit, then-19-year-old Zakarion Peters fired the shots that killed 25-year-old Dajour Drones.
Zakarion Peters was silent as he walked into the Floyd County courtroom Thursday morning. As he made his way inside, Dajour Drones’ sister, Sheryle Wilson, said he was anything but silent.
“He literally walked in the courtroom laughing. There was no remorse there,” said Wilson.
The 20-year-old pleaded guilty to felony robbery and a firearms charge. His deal included 25 years in prison and five years on probation.
“And if it were up to me, he wouldn’t be getting out. And I hope he doesn’t make it out,” Wilson told WLKY.
Investigators say he was part of a team of five involved in a deadly home invasion.
Last September, police say 22-year-old Hannah Cushing planned a robbery at Drones’ home on Beechmont Avenue.
Investigators say she drove her boyfriend Cortlen Berry, Demetrius Roberts, Peters and then-17-year-old Louvens Samson to the home.
They stole money, guns, and marijuana. Drones, the 25-year-old father, was found dead outside the house, as his 2-year-old daughter, Royalty, was inside.
“She’s just too young to understand why. So that’s the hardest part is just her being like, where is he? Where is he and me not being able to fully answer because she’s just too young to even give a straight answer to,” said Makenzie Wallace, the mother of Drones’ 2-year-old daughter.
This is the third guilty plea accepted in the case. Cushing was sentenced to 20 years; Berry was sentenced to 26 years in prison.
A fourth suspect, Louvens Samson, is set to be sentenced later this month. He plans to accept a plea deal.
“If you choose to use guns to commit crimes in our community, you will go to jail. That is my intention. And crimes of violence will not be tolerated,” said Chris Lane, the Floyd County prosecutor.
As the family plans to face each person in court, they say they don’t forgive any of the suspects, because the suspects took a father away from his only daughter.
“She does walk around sometimes and go, ‘Where’s Daddy? Where’s Daddy?’ And I tell her, ‘Daddy’s in heaven,'” Wilson said.