'I Knifed TJ': Teen Admits To Stabbing Acquaintance In Drug Deal Gone Wrong: Warrant

STERLING, CT — State police arrested a Sterling teen who admitted to stabbing a fellow Sterling teen to death, according to police.

Police arrested Kevin Weismore, 19, of Laiho Road and charged him with murder of Todd “TJ” Allen, 18, and tampering with evidence. He led police to Allen's body and described a drug deal that went wrong, according to an arrest warrant.

"Detectives located the remains of Todd Allen in a wooded area in the vicinity of 61 Laiho Road in Sterling," said Trooper First Class Kelly Grant, police spokesman. "The deceased appeared to have sustained multiple stab wounds."

The Office of the State Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause, manner and time of death.

Allen went missing on Dec. 26. He left his home on Dixon Road in Sterling at approximately 1 p.m. on Dec. 26 on his Honda XR100 dirt bike in an unknown direction. Allen frequents the Rails to Trail bike path that goes from Sterling into Coventry, Rhode Island, as well as the area of Ross Pond, state police said.

Police interviewed numerous people during the investigation into Allen's disappearance. His father, Todd D. Allen told police that he and his son sold marijuana together and that they had grown marijuana at their property and sold it until they ran out during the summer of 2016, according to an arrest warrant. He said his son continued to sell marijuana after they had run out of their own supply.

Police, with the assistance of the FBI, were able to determine the last known location of the deceased Allen's phone was somewhere in the area of Laiho Road, Margaret Henry Road and Sawmill Hill Road in the town of Sterling. They also noted from Verizon Wireless text message records that a number of messages detailed the sale of illegal drugs, according to the warrant.

Allen and Weismore communicated over Facebook up until Dec. 26 at 2:24 p.m. The two arranged for Allen to buy 3.5 ounces of marijuana from Weismore for $500, according to the warrant.

The two continued to communicate, and Allen told Weismore about crashing his bike, which was consistent with a message he sent someone else, according to the warrant. He asked Weismore to bring a screwdriver with him. The last message sent by Allen was that he was on Weismore's road.

Police had interactions with Weismore in 2013 and 2014, but he didn't have a criminal history. Police investigated Weismore's father, also named Kevin Weismore, after getting a report in 2014 that he had given his son a marijuana joint, according to the warrant.

Police searched Weismore’s home on Jan. 13 and interviewed him at police headquarters. He admitted to generally selling small amounts of marijuana and said he had gotten a larger amount during a trip to Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

He told police that he and Allen arranged a meet-up and that Allen pulled a gun on him and said he didn’t have money to purchase the marijuana, according to the warrant.

Weismore said that he hit Allen’s hand, which made the gun move to the side and then he pulled out his own knife and stabbed him, the warrant states.

“I knifed TJ, stabbing him in the stomach once using my right hand and then stabbing him in the neck a few times,” Weismore said, according to the warrant. “I stabbed him in the neck once and he kept on moving so I did it a couple more times.”

Weismore then said he hid Allen’s body behind a rock pile and tossed Allen’s gun over a cliff, according to the warrant. He then grabbed Allen’s helmet and black backpack and brought them to a well off Brookstone Road. He also burned his own clothing, the marijuana and a few dollars.

He then said he decided with a friend to move Allen’s bike to a pond near Quinebaug Valley Community College.

Weismore agreed to show police where Allen’s body was, and police located it Friday.

Police also had Weismore show them the area where he said he had thrown the gun, but police couldn’t find one even with the assistance of a K-9 unit, according to the warrant.

Another witness interviewed by police who knows Allen said that it was possible Allen had a large amount of money on him because he worked for friends from time to time but didn’t believe he possessed a gun, according to the warrant. The witness also said she saw bullets in Allen’s bedroom, but they had been sitting on top of his television for a while, and he believed they were for decorative purposes.

Image of Weismore via State Police