CLEARFIELD – A Hyde man accused of being involved in a conspiracy to assault and rob a man pleaded guilty Monday.
The charges stem from an incident on Oct. 6 at a Powell Avenue residence in Hyde where the man was attacked, police say.
One of the defendants reportedly admitted that they targeted the victim because they knew he had drugs. A bag containing 21.75 grams of crystal methamphetamine was recovered from one of the suspects.
The victim told police that he was driving around with two men and stopped at a Hyde residence where two other men attacked him with baseball bats.
They robbed him, forced him take off his clothes and ordered him to leave without his vehicle, which was later recovered in another area.
Taylor James Wisor, 36, pleaded guilty to felony counts of criminal conspiracy/theft by unlawful taking and possessing instruments of crime before President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman, who gave him a sentence of 12 months to four years in state prison. He must also pay over $800 in restitution to the victim.
Wisor pleaded guilty in three additional cases to retail theft, fleeing or attempting to elude police and driving under the influence, giving him a total sentence of 18 months to six years in state prison.
According to the affidavit in the robbery case, while investigating the incident that night, a police officer spotted Wisor and Paul Harold Hoyt, 35, of Curwensville, who was wanted by state parole, in Wisor’s vehicle as it entered the Hyde car wash and stopped in a manual wash bay. Hoyt was in the passenger seat.
Wisor consented to a search of his vehicle where police found a wooden bat on the floor of the back seat. They also found the victim’s cell phone and case. Hoyt had a knife, saw and an ounce of methamphetamine.
The victim’s truck was driven to Mann Road by Hoyt and left there, Wisor told investigators.
In August, Hoyt was sentenced to six months to two years in state prison for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, criminal mischief, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Hoyt also pleaded guilty in two other cases to misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance for which he was given an additional sentence of three months to one year in state prison.
In July, John L. Irwin, 40, of DuBois, one of the two charged with actually assaulting the victim using baseball bats, also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve three to six years in state prison for felony counts of conspiracy/theft by unlawful taking, and theft by unlawful taking, as well as misdemeanor unlawful restraint, terroristic threats and possessing instruments of crime.
The other man accussed of the assault is Jason Roy Sipe, 44, of Hyde who is scheduled to be sentenced in October.
Bradley Alan Maines, 47, of Woodland, who was also charged in the incident was scheduled for sentencing on Wednesday, but it was noted by First Assistant District Attorney F. Cortez “Chip” Bell, that his charges are being withdrawn because Maines was not directly involved in the assault or robbery.