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    Denny Scott Bailey Sentenced to LWOP in 2017 PA Slaying of Chase Anderson


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    June 23, 2019

    Motions filed in homicide case

    Bailey accused in teen’s brutal slaying

    CLEARFIELD — Defense attorneys for a man charged in the brutal murder of a Clearfield County teen have filed several motions regarding his case.

    In April 2018, Denny Scott Bailey, 39, of Woodland was charged with the murder of Chase Anderson, 19, whose burned body was recovered in a remote area of Pike Township after he was reported missing by his mother in the summer of 2017.
    According to testimony at the preliminary hearing, Anderson was stabbed multiple times, his throat was slit and his nose broken before his body was set on fire.

    Police were able to find the body because Kenja Kasheem Tew, 24, led them to it. Although both men say they fought with Anderson after taking him to the remote location, each claimed the other stabbed Anderson and burned the body.

    Bailey’s attorneys have filed more than a dozen motions regarding the case, including asking the judge to bar the Commonwealth from seeking the death penalty, to suppress evidence, for a change in venue for the trial and to sequester the jurors during the expected two week trial.

    Another motion dealt with the conditions of his incarceration.
    During a hearing Thursday, Bailey testified about his problems at the county jail.

    He stated that he has been held in isolation almost the entire time since he was taken into custody on a probation violation in late August 2017.

    Bailey claims he is not getting his prescribed medication, has not had access to psychiatric care, is not taken monthly for a treatment for an immune disorder and cannot exercise or shower properly due to restraints.

    The warden of the jail, Greg Collins testified that since August 2018, whenever Bailey is let out of his cell, he must be handcuffed and shackled. This is the direct result of Bailey’s behavior and his assault on a corrections officer after a problem in the library.

    Collins also explained that both Tew and Bailey are kept in isolation because the other inmates are aware of what they are charged with and don’t want them in their cell blocks.

    He said the restrictions on Bailey are necessary for security reasons.

    Bailey also claimed that Collins would not allow him to make phone calls or have visits when he was first incarcerated because he wanted Bailey to tell police “the truth.”

    During those first few months, Bailey did request to speak to the investigators several times but never made any statements about Collins coercing him, according to testimony from Trooper David Patrick.

    Attorney Joe Ryan, who is representing Bailey, stated that the other motions are related to legal issues and can be dealt with in briefs.

    Judge Fred Ammerman gave Ryan 45 days to provide these briefs and District Attorney William A. Shaw Jr. 30 days after that to respond. The judge will rule on these issues after reviewing all of the evidence.

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    Inmate allegedly assaults jail officer

    A Woodland man being held in a death penalty murder case is facing new charges for assaulting a corrections officer at the Clearfield County Jail.

    According to the affidavit in the new case, Denny S. Bailey, 40, assaulted an officer Aug. 31, 2018, in the law library at the facility.

    The victim reported that when he asked Bailey to leave, he refused and would not follow any commands. Several other officers were called to assist him. Once Bailey was secured, he allegedly head-butted the victim in the face causing injury to the correction officer’s mouth that included a cut to the inside of his lip and his partial dentures being “pushed back.”

    Charges of aggravated assault against Bailey were held for court after a preliminary hearing on the new case Wednesday during centralized court, sending that case to the Court of Common Pleas.

    In April 2018, and Kenja Tew, 25, were charged with criminal homicide, assault, kidnap to inflict terror, conspiracy and numerous related offenses in connection with the 2017 death of Chase Anderson, 20, of Curwensville.

    The commonwealth has determined that the evidence against Bailey qualifies his case as a death penalty case.

    Testimony at a preliminary hearing revealed that Tew claimed Bailey slit Anderson’s throat and burned the body, while Bailey said it was Tew who stabbed Anderson and poured gas on him.

    While the murder case is pending, Bailey and Tew have remained incarcerated. Online court documents indicate Tew is scheduled for jury selection this month.

    Both men have waived their rights to a speedy trial.

    In January, President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman dismissed several defense motions in Bailey’s case but granted a motion for both sides to arrange for him to have a psychiatric examination.

    Since that time, a few status conferences have been held in the case with no information available to the public.

    (source: Altoona Mirror)
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    Trial begins in 2017 murder case

    By Jeff Corcino
    The Progress

    The trial of Denny Scott Bailey, 41, of Woodland, who is accused of kidnapping and murdering Chase Anderson, 19, of Curwensville in 2017 began yesterday at the Clearfield County Courthouse with President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman presiding.

    Bailey is charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy-criminal homicide, aggravated assault, conspiracy-aggravated assault, kidnapping, conspiracy-kidnapping, simple assalt, recklessly endangering another persn, tamper with evidence and abuse of a corpse.

    On Aug. 14, 2017, Bailey and Kenja Kasheem Tew, 22, of Glen Richey, allegedly lured Anderson into a wooded area in Pike Township under the false pretense of an illicit drug pickup — and allegedly stabbed him to death. Anderson’s body was later burned to cover up the crime, Clearfield County District Attorney Ryan Sayers said in his opening statements.

    Sayers said an examination of Anderson’s bones showed 48 wounds from a sharp object and that he had been stabbed at least 26 differnt times.

    Sayers also told the jury that they will hear police interviews with Bailey detailing his involvment in the murder, and said Bailey’s cell phone data shows that he was in the area of the murder scene when Anderson was murdered.

    In his opening statement, Bailey’s court-appointed attorney Joe Ryan argued that Bailey’s girlfriend Chantell Demi and Tew killed Anderson. He said Bailey was madly in love with Demi and made incriminating statements to police because he didn’t want her to go to jail.

    “He did everything he could to protect her,” Ryan said.

    Ryan said Bailey was guilty of of the charges relating to destroying and hiding evidence — but wasn’t involved in Anderson’s murder.

    Yesterday, the commonwealth’s witnesses gave details of the early part of the investigation.

    Chase Anderson’s mother, Angela Anderson, was the first to take the stand for the commonwealth. She testified that in late August she contacted Officer Mark Kelly of the Curwensville Borough Police Department to file a missing persons report after she didn’t hear from her son since Aug. 11. She said she attempted to call him several times and talked to several of his friends and family members, but no one had seen or spoken to him.

    Kelly testified that Angela Anderson contacted him by phone him on Aug. 22. He asked her to come to the station and file a missing persons report, which she did.

    Kelly said he issued a “BOLO” (be on the lookout) with Clearfield County Control and spoke to several of Chase Anderson’s friends and family members including Bailey and Tew. He then realized this case was bigger than what his department could handle and referred the case to Clearfield-based state police.

    Criminal Investigator David Patrick of the state police testified that the case was assigned to him and he interviewed Tew on Aug. 30, 2017. Tew then led state troopers to a wooded location located behind the Clearfield Area Jr./Sr. High School off of Walker Road in Pike Township.

    This area is often referred to locally as “Bailey Settlement.”

    Patrick said they walked for about 10-15 minutes on a path up a hill to a clearing at the top of the hill before finding the burned and partially decomposed human remains.

    Patrick said said Tew brought them within 70-80 feet of where the remains were found, but it took some time for them to find it as it was getting dark.

    After finding the remains, because it was now dark, the crime scene was secured and state troopers were stationed at the site overnight until the state police forensics unit could get there in the morning.

    Trooper Timothy Butler testified that he arrived at the scene at approximately 7:10 a.m. on Aug. 31 and he took pictures of the clearing and crime scene and made a video of the walk from Walker Road to the clearing. Sayers showed several of the pictures and the video to the jury.

    Trooper Patrick was recalled to the stand and First Assistant District Attorney Leanne Nedza played an audio recording of one of Patrick’s interviews with Bailey.

    The interview lasts about 30 minutes and during the interview, Bailey said neither he nor Demi had anything to do with Anderson’s murder and blamed it on Tew.

    Patrick then asked him why did he admit to being involved in Anderson’s murder in an interview held the previous day? Bailey said he did so because he was mad at Demi for implicating him in the murder.

    When Patrick asks why he would do that, Bailey abruptly ends the interview and asks for his attorney.

    Nedza said the next audio recording of a state police interview is about 90 minutes long. Since it was already 3:30 p.m. Ammerman decided to break for the day and continue the trial Wednesday morning.

    The trial is scheduled for eight more days.

    https://www.theprogressnews.com/news...3fbe57648.html
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    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Death Penalty was taken off the table

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    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

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    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Jury finds Bailey guilty on all charges in 2017 murder

    By Jeff Corcino
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    Denny Scott Bailey, 41, of Woodland is looking at a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole after a jury of eight women and four men found him guilty of murder of the first degree, kidnapping, abuse of a corpse and related charges yesterday.

    Bailey brutally killed Chase Anderson, 19, of Curwensville on Aug. 14, 2017.

    According to testimony at trial, on the day of Anderson’s murder, Bailey and Kenja Tew, of Glen Richey lured Anderson to a remote location in a clearing at the top of top of a hill in the Bailey Settlement area of Pike Township under the ruse of an illegal drug pickup.

    Tew testified that Bailey told him that the plan was for Tew to hold Anderson while Bailey beat him up.

    But when they got to the Clearfield Bailey punched Anderson with brass knuckles, Anderson was able to break free and Anderson and Bailey scuffled on the ground and in a thorn bush. Bailey, who had a knife, slashed Anderson’s throat and stabbed him to death.

    They then returned to Bailey’s home, where Tew, Bailey and Bailey’s girlfriend Chantell Demi burned their clothes, washed down the home with bleach and buried the murder weapons in the woods behind the home.

    Bailey testified in his own defense and claimed Tew and Demi were responsible for Anderson’s death and said he wasn’t there when Anderson died.

    The jury deliberated for approximately three hours before announcing its verdict shortly after 5 p.m. After the verdict was announced, Bailey’s court-appointed attorney, Joe Ryan of Reynoldsville, said Bailey was willing to waive the pre-sentence investigation and be sentenced immediately since it the mandatory sentence is life in prison without parole.

    Ammerman denied the request, stating since it was after regular courthouse hours he would wait to sentence Bailey so it could be done during regular hours in case someone not currently in the courtroom wanted to attend.

    Bailey, who has also been accused of assaulting a corrections officer in the Clearfield County Jail while awaiting trial, was surrounded by half a dozen sheriff’s deputies in the courtroom prior to the verdict being read by the jury foreman. Bailey remained stoic and seated as the guilty verdicts were read.

    Clearfield County District Attorney Ryan Sayers, who tried the case for the commonwealth along with First Assistant District Attorney Leanne Nedza, praised the efforts of the state police and lead investigator state police Trooper Dave Patrick, the entire staff of the district attorney’s office, and Sgt. Mark Kelly of the Curwensville Borough Police Department for their hard work in the case.

    “It was truly a team effort,” Sayers said.

    Sayers said the case file was voluminous, which included numerous police interviews, Bailey’s phone calls and letters from the jail and cell phone data on the day of the murder, and said the police and the staff in the district attorney’s office put in a lot of long hours preparing the case for trial.

    In her closing arguments, Nedza berated Bailey, calling him a murderer and a liar and said his plan the entire time was to kill Anderson to cover up his illicit methamphetamine sales. Anderson was scheduled to talk to the Clearfield Borough Police on Aug. 14, and Bailey was afraid Anderson would tell him about his illicit drug sales.

    Bailey admitted on the stand under cross examination by Nedza that Anderson would drive him to Pittsburgh to buy drugs and drive him to drug deals in the local area because Bailey didn’t have a driver’s license.

    In his closing arguments, Ryan argued that Bailey changed his stories numerous times and only made incriminating statements to police to protect Demi.

    Bailey was found guilty of murder of the first degree, conspiracy-murder of the first degree, kidnapping, conspiracy-kidnapping, aggravated assault, conspiracy-aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse and two counts of simple assault.

    Sentencing usually occurs within 60 days.

    https://www.theprogressnews.com/news...38d2e9aa1.html
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    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Bailey sentenced to life in prison without parole for 2017 murder

    By Jeff Corcino
    The Progress

    Denny Scott Bailey, 41, of Woodland was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus an additional 31 to 60 years in state prison by President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman yesterday at Plea and Sentencing Court.

    Bailey was found guilty at trial last month of first degree murder for the killing of Chase Anderson, 19, of Curwensville on Aug. 14, 2017. A murder of the first degree conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.

    Bailey was also found guilty of other charges such as criminal conspiracy-muder of the first degree, kidnapping, abuse of a corpse, conspiracy-arson. And in a separate case, Bailey pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for assaulting a corrections officer at the Clearfield County Jail in September of 2018, while awaiting trial on the murder case.

    Clearfield County District Attorney Ryan Sayers asked Ammerman to give Bailey consecutive sentences on the other charges to protect the public and keep Bailey in jail in case the appellate courts determine life sentences are not permissible.

    Bailey’s court-appointed attorney, Joe Ryan of Reynoldsville, asked Ammerman to run all the other sentences concurrent to the life sentence.

    Ammerman sentenced Bailey to life in prison without parole on the murder in the first degree charge, and he made the following sentences consecutive to the life sentence — criminal conspiracy-murder of the first degree minimum of 20 years and a maximum of 40 years in state prison, kidnapping minimum of six years, maximum of 12 years in state prison, and criminal conspiracy-kidnapping minimum of five years, maximum of 10 years in state prison.

    According to testimony at trial, Bailey and Kenja Tew of Clearfield lured Anderson to a remote area in the Bailey Settelment area of Pike Township. Bailey then stabbed Anderson to death and burned his body.

    Bailey and Tew then returned to Bailey’s home, where Tew, Bailey and Bailey’s girlfriend Chantell Demi, 30, of SCI-Cambridge Springs, burned their clothes, washed down the home with bleach and buried the murder weapons in the woods behind the home.

    And at the request of Bailey, Demi set fire to the SUV used to transport Bailey, Tew and Anderson to the murder scene.

    Bailey denied the accusations.

    Director Margie Roselli of Clearfield County Victim/Witness read victim impact statements from Anderson’s mother and grandmother. Both said Anderson was generous, kind and forgiving and he probably forgives Bailey for his crime, but Anderson’s mother said she would never forgive Bailey for what he did and is glad he is spending the rest of his life in jail.

    Sayers thanked all of the police officers, state troopers and the staff in the District Attorney’s Office for their work in the case. Ammerman said the staff at the Clearfield County Jail and Warden David Kessling and former Warden Greg Hallstron also deserve thanks for dealing with Bailey for these past four years.

    Sayers agreed and said Kessling went the extra mile and personnally transported a witness from state prison to the courthouse to make sure she testified.

    On the advice of his attorney, Bailey made no statement at the sentencing hearing.

    Demi was also sentenced yesterday to a minimum of 15 years to a maximum of 30 years in state prison. She pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, kidnapping, arson, and tampering with evidence.

    She cooperated with the commonwealth and testified against Bailey at his trial last month and the plea agreement was conditional on her testifying truthfully at the trial.

    Demi is currently incarcerated in SCI-Cambridge Springs and participated in her hearing via video teleconferencing.

    Tew also testified against Bailey; he is also charged with criminal homicide but his case is still pending. Tew said at the trial that the commonwealth has offered him a plea deal for him to plead guilty to murder of the second degree, criminal conspiracy-murder in the second degree, aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy-aggravated assault, abuse of a corpse and criminal conspiracy-abuse of a corpse and would serve 20 to 40 years in prison, but he must testify truthfully at trial.

    Tew said on the stand he hasn’t decided yet whether he would accept the plea agreement.

    https://www.theprogressnews.com/bail...d6e93801b.html
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
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    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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