7 years, 1 month ago by Scott Hardy
Robbery led to death of Quincy man
A Quincy man, charged in connection with the 2015 robbery and beating death of another Quincy man, has pleaded Guilty in a deal with prosecutors.
32 year old Justin Summers entered that plea Monday to one count of Theft under 500 dollars at a hearing in Adams County court. In return, a more serious charge of Robbery was dropped. The charges were in connection with a November, 2015 theft at an apartment on Quincy's northwest side with another man, Edwin Barnstead, who beat and kicked Patrick Forbes during the break-in. Forbes died three weeks later in a St. Louis hospital. Barnstead was sentenced in September to 26 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of first-degree murder in August.
Summers will be sentenced May 1st.
