Two Philadelphia men were charged on Thursday, April 4, 2024, for the July 2016 killing of a 38-year-old man in Bristol Township.

George Javon Clark, 33, and John Marquis Wilson, 43, were arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Kevin P. Wagner and were sent to Bucks County Correctional Facility.

An investigation determined that the two men killed Herbert Lyals in 2016. The arrests were the result of an investigation by Detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Bristol Township Police Department, and a recommendation from the Bucks County Investigating Grand Jury.

Clark is charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, first-degree murder, second-degree murder, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, criminal use of a communication facility, conspiracy to commit criminal use of a communication facility, criminal attempt to commit theft by unlawful taking, conspiracy to commit theft by unlawful taking, theft from a motor vehicle, conspiracy to commit theft from a motor vehicle, and possession of an instrument of crime.

Wilson is charged with third-degree murder, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, criminal use of a communication facility, conspiracy to commit criminal use of a communication facility, conspiracy to commit theft by unlawful taking, and conspiracy to commit theft from a motor vehicle.

This case began after Bristol Township Police were dispatched at 12:46 a.m. on July 27, 2016, to a report of a shooting in the 5000 block of Truman Street.

Outside of a residence there, police found Lyals dead of a gunshot wound. 

We would like to thank the extraordinary work of Bristol Township and Bucks County Detectives and the Bucks County Investigating Grand Jury for their commitment to bringing justice to the family of Herbert Lyals. 

This case is assigned for prosecution to Deputy District Attorney Thomas C. Gannon.

Media Contact: Manuel Gamiz Jr., 215.348.6298, mgamiz@buckscounty.org.

Criminal charges are allegations subject to proof in court. Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.