Two Charged For Killing Man On His Birthday In 2016, Says Bucks DA

Eight years after Herbert Lyals was shot and killed on his birthday, two men are charged with his murder, prosecutors say.

George Javon Clark, 33, and John Marquis Wilson, 43
Photo Credit: *Bucks County District Attorney's Office*

Mac Bullock

04/08/2024 1:29 p.m.

George Javon Clark, 33, and John Marquis Wilson, 43, were charged with murder and related counts following a grand jury investigation, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said on Friday, April 5.

Lyals, 38, was found dead on the 5000 block of Truman Street in Bristol Township on July 27, 2016, according to investigators.

Clark is charged with criminal homicide, first- and second-degree murder, robbery, and related counts, the DA's Office said. Wilson is charged with third-degree murder, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, criminal use of a communication facility, and other counts, they added.

Both were arraigned on Thursday, April 4, according to prosecutors. Clark's bail was denied and Wilson's was set at 10 percent of $10 million, court records show.

Clark and Wilson, both of Philadelphia, are due back in court for preliminary hearings on April 17.

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