Preston Lonnberg-Lane.
A Lansdale man was sentenced to prison after admitting to fatally stabbing his adoptive father with a butter knife.
According to the Mercury, Preston Alvin Lonnberg-Lane, 30, pleaded guilty in court to the felony charge of third-degree murder. The charge was in connection to the death of 74-year-old Thomas Lane. Immediately following the guilty plea, Judge Wendy G. Rothstein sentenced Lonnberg-Lane to 20 to 40 years in a state correctional facility. He was also ordered to not contact Thomas Lane’s family.
Since Lonnberg-Lane pleaded guilty, he avoided a possible conviction of first-degree murder in a trial that would have taken place next week. This conviction would have carried a mandatory life imprisonment sentence.
According to the Times Herald, the incident took place in the early morning hours of March 27, 2018. Lonnberg-Lane went into his adoptive father’s bedroom and stabbed him with a butter knife, removing his eye in the process.
Lane was taken to Jefferson Hospital in critical condition and died two days later. Lonnberg-Lane was arrested with charges of first-and third-degree murder, as well as possession of an instrument of crime.
Accoring to the Reporter, Lonnberg-Lane had confessed to the murder, but he asked to have this confession thrown out since he had snorted two bags of fentanyl 10 hours prior.
See Also:
Accused Killer Wants Confession Thrown Out
Vehicle Accident Leads To Multiple Injuries In Towamencin
Lansdale Man Charged In Violent Assault Of Girlfriend
Police: Man Steals Vacation Money From Elderly Neighbor
Local Constable Charged With Making Terroristic Threats
