After a 28-year-old Butler man withdrew his guilty plea last year at the last minute during his sentencing hearing, jury selection is slated to begin later this week in a trial over an alleged drive-by shooting.

In July, Raheem J. Robinson was about to be sentenced for his alleged role in an April 5, 2018, drive-by shooting on North Sixth Avenue, but he asked Judge Timothy McCune to accept his guilty plea withdrawal, which he did. Robinson remains in Butler County Prison after his bail was denied.

Robinson made a deal with Assistant District Attorney Terri Schultz in which she would drop the majority of charges he faced, including attempted criminal homicide. In return, Robinson initially pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of recklessly endangering another person and felony unlawful possession of a firearm.

The deal would have put him behind bars for four-and-a-half to 10 years.

“I was actually going through a lot of family drama, and I jumped to make a decision, so at least my family would know when I was coming home,” Robinson said during the July hearing. “But it was the wrong thing to do.”

In accepting Robinson's withdrawal request, McCune said the case needs to be tried.

A jury will now be selected to decide if Robinson shot a pistol at Jedediah L. Owens-Vickers, Kirisa Taimuty, Allyssa Stefanowicz and Taimuty's 2-year-old son. No injuries were reported.

Robinson now faces felony counts of attempted homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, aggravated assault, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as well as several misdemeanors.

Police said Mackenzie Paige Peters allegedly drove Robinson to the location, circling the block several times before Robinson got out of the car and fired the shots. Peters is awaiting release after recently being granted parole from prison. She was sentenced to 18 to 72 months for her role in the shooting.

Owens-Vickers faces his own charges in relation to the incident for allegedly firing back at Robinson, including misdemeanor firearms not to be carried without a license and tampering with evidence.