Torey White, Murder, Pennsylvania 2023

Torey White Found Guilty of Murder in Pennsylvania

A jury has delivered a guilty verdict against Torey White, 32, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, in connection with the murders of three individuals on June 25, 2016, at a property along Welsh Run Road in Mercersburg, Franklin County.

According to prosecutors, White was found guilty on three counts of murder, including the deaths of Wendy Ann Chaney, 39, Hagerstown, Md, Brandon Cole, 47, Fayetteville, PA, and Phillip Matthew Jackson, 36, Mercersburg, PA. The victims were shot, had their hands zipped-tied behind their backs, and were set on fire.

The evidence presented at trial established that Wendy Chaney was in a relationship with Torey White and a coconspirator and had been previously assisting both with their drug distribution operations. White and co-conspirator Kevin Coles learned that Chaney was cooperating with federal authorities and contracted for her to be murdered.

The killers, who were members of a Baltimore-based gang known as the Black Guerilla Family, were promised $20,000 that was to be in a safe in the barn and any drugs and firearms that they could locate on the Jackson property. However, they never found the money, but stole some drugs and firearms.

White's conviction was the result of an almost seven-year investigation into the murders of the three individuals. He is currently awaiting sentencing.

Other individuals involved in the case have already received sentences or are awaiting sentencing. Kevin Coles, age 37, of New York and Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced to three consecutive terms of life imprisonment for multiple crimes, including murder for hire, robbery, and drug trafficking. Jerell Adgebesan, age 35, of Baltimore and Hagerstown, Maryland, pled guilty in June 2022 to Hobbs Act robbery and to being an accomplice to the use of a firearm during Hobbs Act robbery and was sentenced to life imprisonment and a consecutive 10-year term of imprisonment.

The case serves as a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of gang violence and the importance of cooperation between law enforcement agencies in bringing perpetrators to justice.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/waynesboro-man-found-guilty-murder-three-individuals