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Last Man Sentenced In 2008 Stockholm Murder Case

Story Published: Sep 25, 2012 at 1:01 PM EDT

Story Updated: Sep 25, 2012 at 1:05 PM EDT

The last man has been sentenced in connection with the drug-related murder of a St. Lawrence County man.

Chad Edwards will spend ten years in prison for his role in the attempted robbery and killing of Daniel Simonds on May 13, 2008. 

The 26 year old Cornwall, Ontario, man was sentenced last Friday in U.S. District Court in Utica.

Edwards previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in a robbery and possessing, aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. 

As part of his plea, Edwards admitted that early on the morning of May 13, 2008, he and others planned to rob Daniel Simonds of a large quantity of Canadian-grown marijuana and money he had stored at his residence at 649 Porter Lynch Road in Stockholm.

Some of them went to Simonds' residence, where they engaged in a physical confrontation with Simonds.

During the confrontation, Simonds was shot once by one of his assailants. 

He died later that day at a hospital in Vermont.    
 
Edwards is the last of the seven defendants charged in this matter to be sentenced. 

Prison terms for previously-sentenced co-defendants include the following:

- Alan Jacobs, age 36, Hogansburg, New York:  25 years;
- Brian J. Latulipe, age 28, of Bombay, New York: 14 years;
- Derek Cooke, age 31, Snye, Quebec, Canada: 12 ½ years;
- Kaientanoron L. Swamp, age 29, of Snye, Quebec, Canada: 12 ½ years;
- Bryan Herne, aka Wildcat, age 31, of Hogansburg, New York: 11 years; and
- Anson Edwards, age 24, of Cornwall, Ontario: 11 years.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
, Watertown, NY

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