CLEARFIELD – A Northern Cambria man was given a lengthy state prison sentence Monday after he pleaded guilty to an attempted robbery.
Richard Allen Demko 27, was sentenced by President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman to serve three to six years for felony criminal attempt/robbery and 40 months to eight years for aggravated assault, giving him a total minimum sentence of over six years and a maximum of 14 years, according to a court employee.
In February, his co-defendant, Anthony D. Guy, 49, was sentenced to one to four years in state prison for misdemeanor simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
The charges stem from an incident in Clearfield Borough on Jan. 16, 2021.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, the victim who was shot in the left leg was bleeding profusely when police arrived on the scene.
One of the officers applied a tourniquet on the upper part of the leg in an effort to stop the bleeding.
The victim explained that he parked his vehicle at the residence and exited it when he was rushed by Demko and Guy.
Demko asked “where’s the money” and the victim refused to acknowledge the question.
Demko next took a swing at the victim, but he was able to block it. Then, Demko shot him while they were on the back stoop of his home, according to the report.
After this, Guy “freaked out” asking Demko why he had shot the victim.
The victim was able to pull himself into the residence and shut the door.
He further explained that he played a lottery machine earlier in the day at a business in Lawrence Township and had won.
He was not sure if Demko or Guy was there when he won, or if they had just heard he had a large sum of cash.
The victim was taken by emergency personnel to Penn Highlands DuBois for treatment.