Local Man Again Sentenced To Prison For 2017 Shooting

March 27, 2022 3:33 am

Keith Rosario

A Washington man was re-sentenced on Friday afternoon for a September 5, 2017 shooting in South Franklin Township.  31 year-old Keith Rosario was convicted of attempted murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and conspiracy after a jury trial in February 2019. The jury found that Rosario, along with his co-defendant Richard Lacks and a juvenile, kidnapped and assaulted Marcus Stancik of Pittsburgh in Washington’s West End.  After retrieving a gun from Rosario’s house they drove Stancik to the #4 reservoir in South Franklin where Rosario shot him in the back of the head.  Stancik survived and was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital tor treatment.  Rosario appealed his conviction to the Pennsylvania Superior Court which upheld the verdict but vacated the original sentence because of a change in the law.  On Friday, Common Pleas Judge Valarie Costanzo sentenced Rosario to 25 to 50 years in state prison for the shooting and kidnapping. He was ordered to have no contact with Stancik.  After the sentence was handed down, Rosario was taken by Washington County Sheriff deputies back to the state prison in Albion where he has been since 2019.  (Photo: Washington County Correctional Facility)