MILFORD, PA — Three individuals were sentenced to serve long prison sentences for their roles in the crimes of kidnapping, robbery, robbery of a motor vehicle, burglary, and related offenses in the attack on the Pine Ridge Community Office in November of 2019.  Musa Abdur-Rahim will serve 23 years to 52 years and 4 months in a state prison and be fined $2,000.  Adam Abdur Rahim will serve 25 years and 2 months to 69 years and 1 month in a state prison and a fine of $3,100.  Troy Sutton will serve 40 years to 80 years in a state prison and be fined $2,300.

In January, a Pike County jury convicted three men.  The jury convicted Adam Abdur-Rahim, Musa Abdur-Rahim and Troy Sutton of kidnapping, multiple counts of robbery, burglary, several counts of terroristic threats, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person.  Additionally, Adam Abdur-Rahim and Troy Sutton were convicted of carrying a firearm without a license.

Over the two-week trial, the jury saw video of the attack where the men forcibly broke into the office of the Pine Ridge Community and assaulted then Pine Ridge Security guard John Derbyshire, handcuffed him and brought him to his personal Dodge truck.   Adam Abdur-Rahim took a bullet-resistant vest from Derbyshire along with a rifle.  Musa-Abdur Rahim removed the duty belt and holster from Derbyshire.  Adam Abdur-Rahim and Musa Abdur-Rahim then forced Derbyshire into his truck.

Troy Sutton assisted in the kidnapping by entering the security office and helping subdue Derbyshire. Sutton removed a bullet-resistant vest and keys to a marked Pine Ridge Security vehicle.

Once in the parking lot, the Rahim brothers drove away in Derbyshire’s vehicle with him handcuffed in the rear seat area of the truck. Sutton drove away in the Pine Ridge Security vehicle.  Sutton was located driving the security vehicle in the community by troopers and arrested.  In the security vehicle troopers also located a semi-automatic pistol that Sutton had displayed at the Pine Ridge Office.

The Rahim brothers were apprehended by troopers of the Pennsylvania State Police after fast thinking by Pine Ridge employees brought a maintenance vehicle and trailer to block the roadway near the entrance to the community.  Derbyshire was freed from his vehicle and handcuff restraints by troopers.  In the truck troopers located two handguns.  In another nearby vehicle troopers located some personal items of Derbyshire in a Nissan with Sekou Rashid-Abdullah and Sushane Adams-Heylinger along with a BB gun. Troopers also found the stolen rifle, and Pine Ridge Security jacket in another vehicle involved in the attack. Adams-Heylinger and Rashid-Abdullah had previously entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit kidnapping, robbery and burglary.

While troopers were rescuing Derbyshire, other troopers responded to the Pine Ridge Office and located other employees of Pine Ridge who were locked in an interior office. Fortunately, none of those employees suffered any physical injury in the attack. 

At trial the three claimed they were acting upon request of Tonia Scott to eject trespassers from the building acting as tribal police of what proved to be a fraudulent Indian nation created by Tonia Scott.

District Attorney Ray Tonkin and Assistant District Attorney Alec Colquhoun represented the Commonwealth during the trial with President Judge Gregory H. Chelak presiding.

Tonkin stated, “this crime shocked the Pine Ridge and surrounding communities with the brazen attack in broad daylight to kidnap an armed uniformed security guard.”  Tonkin praised the quick action by Pine Ride maintenance employees and responding troopers for preventing any further injury to Derbyshire.