News Nearby: Former Outback Employee Charged with Attempted Homicide

A former employee accused of pulling knives on his co-workers is headed to trial with two new attempted homicide charges.

The district attorney added a total of eight charges against Marquis V. Richie, 44, of 115 Abbeyville Rd. Apt. A-12, Bethel Park, before the preliminary hearing Monday.

held all charges for court except for two counts of terroristic threats and one count of simple assault.

According to witness testimony, with tears in his eyes.

Randolph Gatz, who described Richie as a friend he had worked with for five years, let Richie in, and then Richie backed him in a corner and pulled out a kitchen knife from his pocket. Richie was demanding someone tell him who called him a racial slur.

Gatz said Richie smelled of alcohol.

After a tussle and after Richie allegedly grabbed another knife from the restaurant kitchen, the prep workers escaped the restaurant and one worker ran to the down the road for help.

According to an officer's testimony, Richie repeatedly told him he went to the restaurant to kill his boss, Daniel McKinney, for being a racist. McKinney was not at the restaurant during the time of the incident.

McKinney, who had been Richie's boss since 2004, let police hear four voicemails left on his cell phone early that morning from Richie that were allegedly threatening.

Judge Wyda kept Richie's bond at $150,000. His formal arraignment is scheduled for May 14.

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