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Suspect charged after Skylar Powell shooting pleads guilty

powell shooting chargedAnother suspect has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a drug robbery near 22nd and Frederick that ended with the shooting death of Skylar Powell. Jay’Den Maynard pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted robbery, a class-B felony.

Circuit Judge Patrick Robb scheduled sentencing Dec. 12.

Judge Robb released Maynard on his own recognizance, with a lengthy list of conditions. Those include that he stay with his mother in Kansas City, not return to Buchanan County except on court business, and not leave the State of Missouri. Judge Robb ordered Maynard to follow a curfew, to stay off of social media, and not to have contact with the victim’s family or the other co-defendants.

As we reported earlier, Four of the original six co-defendants have already pleaded guilty and await sentencing, also scheduled Dec 12. Judge Robb rejected an attempt to plead guilty by the sixth co-defendant, Justin Smith. His case was also scheduled Thursday, but was continued to Oct. 26.

Prosecutors believe Powell was killed during a drug transaction in which he tried to rob his co-defendants on May 17. His body was found in a parking lot in the area of 2200 Colhoun.

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