The two men charged in a Lexington murder last week will appear in court Monday, and police have filed an additional charge against one of those men.
Derek Pelphrey, 23, was fatally shot while sitting in a car on Ridgepoint Run Road, near Spangler Drive off Wilson Downing Road, last Tuesday night.
Police arrested Trustin Jones, 20, Wednesday afternoon, and charged him with murder and tampering with physical evidence. According to court documents, Jones shot Pelphrey and then discarded the gun. Officers also arrested Robert Guernsey, 32, and charged him with complicity to commit murder in the case.
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The arrest warrant indicates Guernsey was an acquaintance of Pelphrey, but it remains unclear how the two men knew each other. Investigators have not released any information on a possible motive.
On Friday, police charged Jones with trafficking. Investigators say they found 66 pills in a car he was riding in before his arrest. According to the police report, the pills were “Mollys,” a pure form of ecstasy.
Jones was already facing a murder charge for the shooting, along with a robbery charge stemming from a home invasion back on Aug. 23. Police say Jones and another man, Austin Charles Pennie, 20, went into a home on Zandale Drive and robbed the victim of about $900 at gunpoint. Police say the victim fought back, and during the scuffle, the gun went off inside the home.
Jones and Guernsey are scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Monday morning.
