Canton woman accused of aiding robbery suspect
Chartiers Township police obtained an arrest warrant for a Canton Township woman accused of aiding a suspect in an armed robbery last month.
Alisha Dawn Bostick, 19, of Dorothy Avenue, is charged with hindering apprehension and obstructing administration of law for allegedly helping Wilco Lee McClain, 23, of Cleveland, Ohio.
McClain and Sequan Hashin Pray, 22 of Latrobe, Westmoreland County, are accused of robbing a woman and man of a cellphone at gunpoint in a lot at 2200 Henderson Ave. Jan. 20. The woman reportedly made arrangements with McClain, who has ties to the Washington area, to sell the phone to Pray. When the woman asked for the money after handing Pray the phone, he allegedly pulled a gun and threatened to harm her and her boyfriend.
Police said Pray and McClain fled. Pray was later found inside a nearby trailer. Bershok initially denied knowing the two men involved in the robbery, although neighbors reportedly told police they had been staying with her.
Police said Bershok allegedly drove McClain that night to Cleveland and then Taylor, Mich.
On Jan. 26, she reportedly went to police in Taylor and told them that McClain was with her and he was wanted on a warrant.
McClain was taken into custody the following day during a traffic stop in Creston, Ohio. He was driving Bershok’s vehicle, police said. She reportedly told police in Michigan he had stolen her vehicle.
McClain and Pray are charged with robbery, conspiracy, theft, receiving stolen property, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment in connection with the Chartiers robbery. The gun used in the robbery had been reported stolen, police said.
The charges against Bostick were filed Thursday at the office of District Judge David Mark.
Pray remains in Washington County jail on $75,000 bond. It is not known when or if McClain, who also faces charges in Michigan, will be extradited to Washington County.