By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN abruptly withdrew from his plea deal and fired his attorney yesterday, just moments before being sentenced for the attempted murder of a police officer in 2022.
Latoriano Mackey, 21, made the dramatic decision in front of Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns. He faced charges including attempted murder, attempted armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, possession of an unlicenced firearm, and two additional counts of armed robbery from a separate incident.
Mackey allegedly attempted to kill Officer Horace Albury Jr, 28, during a botched armed robbery at John Chea Number 2 on Wulff Road on October 4, 2022. He was also accused of robbing two employees of Balfour Consumer Meat Mart at gunpoint, taking $1,945 on December 1, 2021.
He had initially pleaded guilty on October 11, 2023. Before rejecting the plea agreement, it was noted he had already spent two years and six months on remand.
In addition to dismissing his lawyer, Sonia Timothy Knowles, Mackey requested time to secure new legal representation. Justice Archer-Minns granted the request, setting his next court appearance for November 5.
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