WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County prosecutors withdrew a criminal conspiracy to commit homicide charge against a New York City man who pled guilty to using a cellular phone in an alleged murder plot in 2024.
Gregory Thomas Warren, 42, of Bronx, pled guilty to criminal use of a communication facility before Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough on Tuesday.
Warren, represented by Attorney Sidney D. May, is the second defendant to have the most serious charge withdrawn.
Prosecutors withdrew the criminal homicide conspiracy offense against Dashawn William Nelson, 31, of Hanover Township, in December.
Warren, Nelson and Gregory Duclaire, 41, of Plymouth, were charged by detectives from the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office and the state Office of Attorney General with plotting to kill Elijah Jones, 30, of Wilkes-Barre, in January 2024. The murder plot was thwarted when Duclaire was apprehended on state parole violations, according to court records.
Nelson, represented by Attorney Theron J. Solomon, was sentenced to five years probation after he pled guilty to criminal use of a communication facility on Dec. 8.
Duclaire, 41, represented by Attorney John B. Pike, is scheduled to appear before Vough on Feb. 2 on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit criminal homicide and criminal use of a communication facility.