POLK TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A man involved in a drug-related robbery that ended with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy in eastern Pennsylvania will now spend several decades in prison.Anthony Mitchell, 19, of Kunkletown, pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree murder, according to the Monroe County prosecutor’s office.
He was then sentenced to 38 1/2 to 77 years in prison.Mitchell was among three people who stole $120 worth of marijuana in November 2020 from three teenagers who were sitting in a car in a Polk Township cul-de-sac, authorities have said.
The conspirators allegedly used a social media app to arrange the drug deal with a 14-year-old boy.Aiden Paiz, 15, was fatally shot during the robbery, while a 17-year-old boy was wounded and the 14-year-old boy was assaulted.
The latter two have since recovered from their injuries.Mitchell told authorities that he held a rifle to a car window while a 15-year-old boy, who is charged as an accomplice in the shooting, held a handgun on the opposite side of the car.