Cool C

dj_cityboydj_cityboy 1,459 Posts
edited November 2014 in Strut Central
looks like he is going to be executed after all..
On January 2, 1996, during the same time period that he was recording a comeback EP, Roney, along with C.E.B. band mate McGlone (a.k.a. Steady B), and another local Philadelphia rapper, Mark Canty, attempted a bank robbery at a PNC bank branch in Philadelphia. During the botched heist, Roney shot and killed Philadelphia Police Officer Lauretha Vaird, who responded to the bank's silent alarm. As he exited the bank, Roney exchanged fire with another police officer, before he and Canty dropped their weapons at the scene and fled in a stolen minivan driven by McGlone.

Vaird, an African-American woman and the single mother of two children, was the first female Philadelphia Police officer killed in the line of duty.

Roney was arrested and on October 30, 1996, convicted of first degree murder. At his subsequent sentencing hearing, Roney was sentenced to death by lethal injection. On January 10, 2006, his death warrant was signed by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and his execution date was set for March 9, 2006. He was granted a stay of execution from Pennsylvania Judge Gary Glazer on February 1, 2006 until all post-conviction litigation is resolved. His execution is scheduled for January 8, 2015.

Roney has maintained his innocence throughout the trial and appeals process, despite the testimony of three eyewitnesses who placed him at the scene of the robbery, as well as ballistic and forensic evidence and surveillance video that linked him to the murder. He is currently an inmate at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution at Greene.

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  • Dang, I never knew the whole story behind that. Single mother of two, first philly female police officer killed. Sad.

    I own quite a few cool c, steady b, and CEB records. its a shame they had to resort to robbing banks.

  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Fuck him

  • whats fucked is that they were all fairly well known rappers with pretty good careers at that point, why would they even bother fuckin with a bank heist and shit..

    I believe Steady B had a couple of albums out at that point as did Cool C


  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    dj_cityboy said:
    whats fucked is that they were all fairly well known rappers with pretty good careers at that point, why would they even bother fuckin with a bank heist and shit..

    I believe Steady B had a couple of albums out at that point as did Cool C

    According to the skreetz, they were broke as fuck. (This is not a justification, but just an explanation)

  • jammyjammy remixing bongo rock... 813 Posts
    Yeah, the CEB album didn't do very well at all.
    There is some backstage footage from around this time where steady-b is saying they aren't going on stage because nobody came to the show.
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