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May 23, 2014
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a Reserve man accused of killing the proprietor of a LaPlace feed store during a robbery and wounding his wife. They made the announcement Wednesday afternoon as the alleged gunman, Charles McQuarter III, pleaded not guilty during a brief court appearance before state District Judge Sterling Snowdy.
A grand jury charged McQuarter, 22, with first-degree murder of Steven Finckbeiner, 63, and attempted first-degree murder of Connie Finckbeiner, 58. A second suspect, Dracier Dewey, 22, of Reserve, was charged with being a principal to second-degree murder and a principal to attempted first-degree murder. Dewey also pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
Connie Finckbeiner and other relatives were in court for the hearing. They would not comment afterward.
District Attorney Tom Daley has said he presented the lesser charge of second-degree murder for Dewey to the grand jury because Dewey was not the shooter.
It’s the second case in two years in which Daley has sought the death penalty. He’s also requesting it for two defendants accused of killing two sheriff’s deputies in 2012.
Sheriff’s Office investigators said the Finckbeiners were alone in their store on Sleepy Redwood Drive when the robbery occurred Feb. 25 at mid-afternoon. Authorities say McQuarter shot the couple and took a cash register, which contained an undetermined amount of money.
Steven Finckbeiner died at the scene. His wife managed to call 911 to report the shooting before she was taken to a hospital.
Shortly after the robbery, authorities say, a surveillance camera at a nearby home recorded two people walking down the street, one carrying the stolen cash register under his arm. Authorities identified the suspects through tips, which led to the arrest two days later of McQuarter and Dracier. Both men lived in the Homewood subdivision.
