Gregory Bryant-Bey

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Gregory Bryant-Bey
Born	6 August 1955 Toledo, Ohio
Died	19 November 2008 (age 53) Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Criminal penalty	capital punishment
Criminal status	Executed

Motive	Robbery
Conviction(s)	Murder

Gregory Bryant-Bey (6 August 1955 – 19 November 2008) was an American criminal. He was convicted in the robbery and stabbing murders of two business owners in 1992, and executed by the state of Ohio.

Childhood

Bryant-Bey was sent by his mother to New York City to live with a woman who "adopted" him. The woman allegedly beat him regularly, and forced him to care for her daughter. When Bryant-Bey was 13, his mother brought him back to Toledo, then left him in the care of her ex-husband. Bryant-Bey graduated from high school and served for 2 years in the United States Air Force.

Early crimes

Bryant-Bey had a long criminal history, beginning at age 17 in 1973. He was imprisoned from 1977-1979 for assault, for 30 days in 1989 for resisting arrest in connection with a drug abuse crime, for 6 months in 1990 for theft. and for 2 days in 1982 for resisting arrest. Bey had 3 assault convictions, one additional theft conviction, possession of an illegal weapon, disturbing the peace, a criminal trespass, another resisting arrest conviction, and two speeding tickets. There were several other criminal charges over the years that did not result in convictions.

Dale Pinkelman

Dale Pinkelman, 48, owned a collectables shop in Toledo called Pinky's Collectibles. On August 9, 1992, Pinkelman was stabbed in the chest, and his store was robbed.

Pete Mihas

On November 2, 1992, Pete Mihas, 61, a restaurant owner in Toledo, was found stabbed and robbed in his restaurant. Bryant-Bey was apprehended, and his fingerprints and palmprints were linked to the Pinkelman murder.

Execution

Bryant-Bey was sentenced to death for the murder of Dale Pinkelman, and life for the murder of Pete Mihas. After Governor Ted Strickland denied a request for clemency, Bryant-Bey's attorneys applied to the United States Supreme Court for a 60-day moratorium, but was denied. Right up to the end, Bryant-Bey maintained that he had been framed.

External links

clarkprosecutor.org page on Bryant-Bey Accessed 6 December 2009
State of Ohio Adult Parole Authority Clemency Ruiling Accessed 6 December 2009

Persondata
Name	Bryant-Bey, Gregory
Alternative names
Short description	American murderer
Date of birth	6 August 1955
Place of birth	Toledo, Ohio
Date of death	19 November 2008
Place of death	Southern Ohio Correctional Facility

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