More suspects arrested in Butler robbery
State police Wednesday arrested a man and a boy wanted in connection with an assault and robbery of another man two days earlier in Butler.
City police later took custody of the pair — 21-year-old Sheldon L. Hile, who has no known address, and 17-year-old Alec D. Miller of Oakland Township.
They were booked into the Butler County Prison at 8 p.m., joining a third defendant, Tyler O. Lambing, 19, no known address, who was previously arrested in the case.
Police allege the trio followed the victim, Christopher Losser, 20, from a store to his home on American Avenue, where they jumped him about 9:40 p.m., Monday, according to court documents.
Losser knew all of the defendants before the incident, police said.
Butler police Deputy Chief David Adam said Thursday that the decision to charge Miller as an adult — known as a “direct file” case — was made after consulting with the district attorney's office. Miller turns 18 in February.
