Venango County Man Found Guilty of Attempted Homicide

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Published August 20, 2017 4:30 am
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FRANKLIN, Pa. (EYT) — An Oil City was found guilty of attempted homicide and related offenses.

Court records indicate that 37-year-old Ruben Richard Craig, III, of Oil City, stabbed Shawn Schillinger, of Oil City, on May 30, 2016. Schillinger died January 12, 2017, at UPMC Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh.

According to court documents, following a trial that occurred last week in Venango County Court of Common Pleas, Craig was found guilty on the following charges:

– Criminal Attempt – Criminal Homicide, Felony 1
– Aggravated Assault, Felony 1
– Aggravated Assault, Felony 2
– Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Misdemeanor 2

Venango County Judge Robert L. Boyer presided.

Craig was represented by Attorney Eric Padin of Franklin.

Sentencing is scheduled for October 3, 2017.

Craig is currently serving 4 1/2 to 10 years at SCI Camp Hill for a conviction on two felony counts for prohibited weapons.

Craig’s record also shows aggravated assault charges from 2001 in Philadelphia. Those charges were dropped.

Details of the case:

According to a criminal complaint, around 10:21 p.m. on May 30, 2016, Oil City Police Officers responded to the area of the 300 East Third Street for a report of a fight with possible weapons involved.

Through investigation and multiple interviews, it was discovered that Ruben Richard Craig intentionally attempted to cause the death of the victim by stabbing him with a sheath knife a minimum of two times, the complaint states.

The complaint indicates that Craig also “placed the victim and other persons in danger of death or serious bodily injury.”

According to the complaint, police conducted interviews which included “an admission by Craig that he used the subject knife to cause injuries to the victim.”

“The victim suffered injuries to the upper right side and or chest area as well as the upper inner thigh or groin area,” the complaint continues.

The Oil City Fire Department and Community Ambulance Service assisted the Oil City Police Department at to the scene.

The male victim, Shawn Schillinger, of Oil City, was transported to UPMC Northwest in Seneca and then transferred to a Pittsburgh medical facility for additional life-saving treatment.

Schillinger died on January 12, 2017, at UPMC Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh.

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