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Baskerville Sentenced For Chapel Hill Stab Death
The man convicted in the fatal stabbing outside of Chapel Hill Mall has been sentenced to life in prison with the chance of parole after 15 years.
Deandre Baskerville was found guilty of two murder counts in the death of Terrence Rogers in August 2015.
The two got into an argument at the mall, which then led to a fight where Baskerville stabbed Rogers in the neck. Rogers stumbled back into the mall where he collapsed and died.
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Man Found Guilty In Chapel Hill Area Stabbing Death
A Summit County jury has found an Akron man guilty in a stabbing death outside of Chapel Hill Mall.
Deandre Baskerville was found guilty of two murder counts, along with felonious assault, in the death of Terrence Rogers in August 2015.
Baskerville and Rogers got into an argument. That fight moved outside where Baskerville stabbed Rogers...who eventually collapsed and died in front of a mall store.
Baskerville was captured a month later by U.S. Marshals on a bus in West Virginia.
Baskerville will be sentenced on February 16th.
(Summit County Prosecutor's Office, news release) Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced today that a Summit County jury found Deandre Baskerville, 29, of Mineola Street in Akron, guilty of stabbing Terrance Rogers to death outside Akron's Chapel Hill Mall.
Jurors found Baskerville guilty of the following charges:
2 counts of Murder – special felonies
Felonious Assault – a felony of the 2nd degree
Carrying a Concealed Weapon – a misdemeanor of the 1st degree
On August 19, 2015, 35-year-old Terrance Rogers was shopping at Chapel Hill Mall with his fiancé and their two children. Rogers and Baskerville got into an argument inside the mall. The two men continued arguing outside where Baskerville stabbed Rogers in the neck. Rogers stumbled back inside the mall where he eventually died. Baskerville escaped, and was captured by U.S. Marshals on September 23, 2015 in West Virginia.
Baskerville is scheduled to be sentenced on February 16, 2016 at 9am.
Stabbing Murder Suspect Arraigned In Summit County
The man charged with stabbing a man to death outside Chapel Hill Mall in August made his first court appearance in Summit County on Friday.
Deandre Baskerville was arraigned Friday morning in the court of Summit County Common Pleas Judge Mary Margaret Rowlands.
Baskerville was arrested on a bus in West Virginia in September and brought back to Akron, and is still being held on one-million dollars' bond.
Police say Baskerville was fighting with the victim, 35 year-old Terrance Rogers.
Rogers went into the mall after being stabbed, and collapsed near the "Finish Line" athletic shoe store.
Baskerville has his first pre-trial hearing on November 18th.