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Wilkes-Barre man, 19, arraigned on homicide charge related to September slaying

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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Two men charged with abducting a Pittston woman, cutting a three-inch gash into her throat and leaving her for dead for allegedly stealing an iPhone will stand trial together next month, a county judge ruled Wednesday.</p><p>Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas denied a motion to sever the cases of Nygee Jamal Taylor and Jerone Andre Moore for trial after prosecutors argued the judge had already shot down a similar motion months ago.</p><p>Moore&#8217;s attorney, David Lampman, had sought the severance on claims prosecutors&#8217; proposed motive for the attempted killing would prejudice him. He acknowledged a prior motion to sever was denied, but argued the circumstances of the latest attempt were different.</p><p>Lupas, however, said he was satisfied with his original ruling. He set the pair&#8217;s trial date for Feb. 21.</p><p>Prosecutors previously filed notice they&#8217;d present evidence at trial Taylor was a drug dealer whose stolen iPhone jeopardized an upcoming buy.</p><p>Taylor, they allege, shared the phone and a city residence with Chloe Isaacs, who is awaiting sentencing after she pleaded guilty in July to unlawful restraint, simple assault, and related charges for her role in the incident.</p><p>The proceedings are expected to delve deeper into the details of the trio&#8217;s alleged attempt on Dayna Williams&#8217; life, a vicious assault reportedly sparked over a phone they believed she stole during a party.</p><p>Moore, 33, and Taylor, 26, both of Wilkes-Barre, face charges they abducted Williams in October 2014, placed her in the trunk of a car and drove her to a secluded area of Bear Creek Township. Williams, then 22, survived the throat-slashing and was found naked and bloodied by a nearby homeowner.</p><p>Before the abduction, Williams endured a brutal assault inside a home on North Hancock Street in Wilkes-Barre, police allege.</p><p>There, they say, she was stripped naked, her hands were bound and a plastic bag was tied over her head before she was beaten with wooden clubs. She was allegedly placed in a barrel that was rolled down stairs and kept inside for four hours before she was taken by car to Bear Creek Township.</p><p>Moore allegedly cut her throat as Taylor told him, &#8220;You better do this (expletive) right,&#8221; police said.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Throat-slashing suspects who allegedly left victim for dead to stand trial together