Saline teen sentenced in Vanderburgh County
VANDERBURGH CO., Ind.—A teen from Saline County has learned his fate following a conviction in Evansville (Vanderburgh County) on a murder charge.
Pharoah Newton, 18, of Harrisburg, was sentenced yesterday to a 60-year department of corrections stint for murdering 79-year-old Frances Wolf in her home last year. His trial went off in early September, lasting four days, during which the defense basically came up with nothing to present, and the state brought in the kid’s juvenile records (from Saline County) to show an “escalating” criminal behavior that they claimed ultimately lead to Wolf’s death at Newton’s hands in October of 2010.
Newton was staying with his father, who rented a basement apartment from Wolf, when he beat and stabbed the elderly woman to death.
Pharoah Newton, convicted and sentenced
There were plenty of people who were ready to hang Newton’s father for the deed instead of the boy, but there was too much evidence against Pharoah: there was a bag of his clothes found dumped on a road near Harrisburg, which ended up having not only his DNA on them but also Wolf’s blood, as well as a knife that was reportedly the murder weapon, as well as a suitcase he was using that had some of Wolf’s checks that he had forged her handwriting and signature on, made out to an altered ID that he was in possession of.
Evidence was also given, in the form of testimony, that Newton’s mom Cassandra Smith had brought along a friend with her to drive Wolf’s minivan over to Union County, Kentucky, after the murder, and “dispose of it,” presumably by setting fire to it, because she “knew he had gotten into some kind of trouble.”
Smith was never charged with anything relating to the incident.
Under Indiana sentencing, Pharoah Newton will likely be out of prison in about 28 years.
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Posted by Jack Howser
on Oct 19 2011. Filed under Breaking, Indiana, Saline.
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…gotcha!
His mama, Cassandra Smith needs to get about 5 years in the slam for tampering with evidence and an a good ass-whupping for bringing this little bastard into the world.
Buh-Bye Pharaoh….
On another note:
Any info on the pipe bomb/ drug stuff traffic stop in Marion last week? Really crazy conflicting reports from the media- car occupants released- nobody charged with possession of anything except a guy who according to reports was not in the car. A whole block was evacuated- the Bomb Squad was called- and ONE GUY (who they still can’t find) gets charged??? Somethin’s just not right here.
Wow! I heard it on the radio Monday. According to the reports they(radio station) had(be they as they may)the people were stopped & police found drugs in the car which was enough for them to search it. Upon the search is when they found the pipe bomb, arrested them, then hauled them both off to jail. So, there’s someone else involved? Did he run off or what? I’m with you..something just isn’t right here????
Hey, I don’t know if anybody ended up in the slams…the reporting was so conflictual. I thought they let everybody go and only charged the guy they DIDN’T have, which makes me wonder just WHO those other occupants were…
One POSSIBLE explanation is that they were undercover…. but who knows.
Ah ha…very possible!
…back when this story originally broke, I seem to recall some delusional resident of the “Mills” posting comment after comment in defense of this little reprobate…the subsequent silence of the aforementioned now speaks volumes…