SUNBURY -- A man accused of stabbing his mother and stabbing and killing her boyfriend pleaded no contest Thursday in Northumberland County Court.
Edgar Gearhart pleaded no contest to third-degree homicide and simple assault for the stabbings in Sunbury in March of 2015.
Sunbury police say it started at a family friend's house on North Sixth Street. According to court papers, Gearhart, his mother Amy, and her boyfriend Robert Blake were drinking alcohol. When they tried to get a ride back to Amy's house in Selinsgrove, there was no room for Edgar.
That's when police say he got upset and stabbed his mother in the back.
After Gearhart allegedly stabbed his mom, police say he walked down this street with Blake. According to court papers, that's when he stabbed Blake in the upper thigh.
Sunbury police found Blake on the porch of a home on North Fifth Street. He died a few minutes later.
A date for Gearhart's sentencing has not been set.
A previous version of this story indicated that Gearhart pleaded guilty. That was incorrect. He entered a no-contest plea.
