Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ryleik Arbuckle

Greensburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with assault and battery and armed robbery.



Ryleik Arbuckle, 17. was indicted for pistol-whipping a man who came to sell him $40 of marijuana and then shot him in the buttocks as he fled.



Arbuckle went to Franklin Park in Vandergrift on Nov. 5, 2019, with a teenage girl to buy marijuana.



Dale McNutt, 20, was pistol whipped and shot by Arbuckle.



Now 18-year-old Vandergrift testified for the State.



Defendant's lawyer contended McNutt was mistaken about the shooter's identity and accused other witnesses of lying to conceal the identity of the man who fired the gun.

Defendant pleaded guilty to single counts of aggravated assault and attempted robbery. Additional charges of aggravated assault, robbery, simple assault and reckless endangerment were dismissed.