Jayana Tanae Webb. (Image via mugshot.)
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has re-filed third-degree murder charges against a woman accused of killing two state troopers and a third person in a drunk driving crash earlier this year. That’s according to a court docket reviewed by Law&Crime and several local news reports.
The victims of the crash were troopers Martin F. Mack III, 33, and Branden T. Sisca, 29. Also killed was Reyes Rivera Oliveras, 28, a pedestrian who was detained in the troopers’ police cruiser when the crash happened.
Fallen Troopers Pennsylvania State Police Troopers Martin Mack III and Branden Sisca appear in official portraits.
Jayana Tanae Webb, now 22, of Eagleville, Montgomery County, is accused of 21 separate counts, including:
- Homicide by Vehicle While DUI
- Murder Of The Third Degree
- Homicide By Vehicle
- Involuntary Manslaughter
- Recklessly Endangering Another Person
- Manslaughter of a Law Enforcement Officer in the Second Degree
- Homicide by Vehicle While DUI
- Murder Of The Third Degree
- Homicide By Vehicle
- Involuntary Manslaughter
- Recklessly Endangering Another Person
- Manslaughter of a Law Enforcement Officer in the Second Degree
- Homicide by Vehicle While DUI
- Murder Of The Third Degree
- Homicide By Vehicle
- DUI: Gen Imp/Inc of Driving Safely – 1st Off
- Involuntary Manslaughter
- Recklessly Endangering Another Person
- Driving at Safe Speed
- Careless Driving
- Reckless Driving
According to the court docket, the third-degree murder counts were dismissed — apparently by a municipal court judge. However, the office of District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) told local journalists that prosecutors immediately re-filed the dismissed counts before a Court of Common Pleas judge on Wednesday. A formal arraignment in the latter…