Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Killa City: These guys allegedly killed Steven Bertling

Posted by Justin Kendall on Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 6:30 AM

click to enlarge Justin Trotter
  • Justin Trotter
click to enlarge Joseph Delgado
  • Joseph Delgado

Jackson County prosecutors charged four men in connection with the death of Steven Bertling, the Independence man killed while playing basketball in a church parking lot with friends.

Prosecutors charged 20-year-old Joseph P. Delgado and 21-year-old Justin M. Trotter with second-degree murder and first-degree assault.

click to enlarge Michael Russi
  • Michael Russi
click to enlarge Jacob Shaffer
  • Jacob Shaffer
They also charged 18-year-olds Michael W. Russi and Jacob W. Shaffer with first-degree attempted assault.

Court records say Delgado, Trotter, Russi and Bertling drove by Bertling and his friends and flipped them off and yelled "fuck you" at them. Then they attacked. Delgado allegedly punched Bertling, knocking him out. Shaffer allegedly stole Bertling's shoe (and later bragged about it).

Trotter lets us know just how gangster he is on his MySpace page, which is titled, "Smokin blunts of that keyshia cole all day."

In his "about me" section, he writes:

Im the most savage motha fucker youll ever meet.if you dont think so come to my block and talk some shit cause i got da choppa and you know me boys do too. but for real i like to meet new girls and kick it with my niggas. SMOKED OUT,BARRED OUT GETTIN FUCKED UP.

He likes Mac Dre, UFC, Boondocks Saints, Scarface, weed and money. Mixed with family photos are photos of him throwing up gang signs, him with a giant gash on his head ("jumped, i got em good"), marijuana plants ("my lil bitch, got big ass buds on it now I grow da fire") and guns ("I sleep good at night").

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Thanks Sherri, and I agree that trash belongs somewhere other than out on our streets. These boys got a slap on the wrist for taking another man's life, now they get to come to come back home to their families and loved ones. Does my cousin get a second chance at life? Does my cousin's baby girl get to hug and kiss her Daddy one more time? NO!!!! Why the hell should these guys, especailly if you consider that not 1 of them called for help that night, and in the days following, not 1 of them felt remorse enough to turn themselves in or go to the authorities. I say let them all rot in prison and suffer the repeated abuse of some of the others offenders incarcerated.

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Posted by Ginny Kelley on November 10, 2010 at 12:29 PM

this makes me sick keep the trash off our streets

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Posted by Anonymous on November 9, 2010 at 11:55 PM

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