Crime & Safety

Woman Accused Of Killing State Troopers While DUI Pleads Not Guilty

Jayana Webb, accused of killing PA State Troopers Branden Sisca and Martin Mack, as well as a pedestrian, pleaded not guilty in court.

Jayana Webb, 22, of Eagleville, pleaded guilty in connection with the deaths of two Pennsylvania State Police troopers and a pedestrian on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.
Jayana Webb, 22, of Eagleville, pleaded guilty in connection with the deaths of two Pennsylvania State Police troopers and a pedestrian on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Police)

PHILADELPHIA — The woman accused of striking and killing two Pennsylvania State Police Troopers and a pedestrian back in March pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against her in court Wednesday.

Jayana Webb, 22, of Eagleville, pleaded not guilty to murder, homicide by vehicle while DUI, second-degree manslaughter of law enforcement officers, and other crimes, according to Action News.

Authorities allege Webb was under the influence of alcohol when she struck and killed Pennsylvania State Troopers Branden Sisca, 29 and Martin Mack III, 33, as well as pedestrian Reyes Rivera Oliveras, 28, of Allentown, on March 21.

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Webb was released on Wednesday, Sept. 14 after posting 10 percent of $600,000 bail.

Court records show she is scheduled for a pre-trial conference on Oct. 13.

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On March 21, Mack and Sisca pulled Webb over for speeding and were with her for less than a minute before they were dispatched to another part of the highway near the Philadelphia sports complexes for a report of a pedestrian on the road.

Mack and Sisca found the man, identified as Oliveras, when they arrived.

When they were trying to get Oliveras into their vehicle, another vehicle sped up to the scene and struck the three, sending Mack and Sisca over the median and onto the northbound lanes of I-95.

When backup arrived, troopers found witnesses giving CPR to the victims, but they were pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities said Webb remained at the scene after the crash.

Mack enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police in November 2014 and graduated as a member of the 141st cadet class. Sisca enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police in February 2021 and graduated as a member of the 161st cadet class.

Both troopers spent their entire careers assigned to the Patrol Section of Troop K, Philadelphia.Mack, a resident of Bristol in Bucks County, left behind a wife and two children.

Sisca, who served as the chief of the Trappe Fire Company No. 1 in Trappe Borough, is the son of Craig Sisca, a 10-year member of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. He's survived by his wife, who is expecting a child.

Patch previously spoke with members of the Trapper Fire Co. who continue to mourn their chief's loss.

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