The city man charged for his alleged part in a June 2024 assault that left a man with skull fractures is asking a Blair County judge to dismiss his case.

Tyler Ray Brown, 21, faces single felony counts of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, two felony counts of aggravated assault and single misdemeanor counts of simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and theft.

The case stems from an alleged robbery and assault near the Booker T. Washington basketball courts on June 4, 2024. A group, including Brown and his co-defendants Dylyn Evans, 21, and Dillan James Hufford, 16, demanded the victim give them his belongings, but the victim ran and was struck in the head.

The victim was transported to UPMC Altoona for treatment. Officers spoke with hospital staff, who said the victim suffered numerous facial and skull fractures and pockets forming around his brain, among other issues. Nurses said the victim’s status would be upgraded to a “trauma,” and he was flown to Pittsburgh for more intensive treatment, the police report states.

In court documents filed on Brown’s behalf by defense attorney Matthew J. McGregor on April 24, Brown asked Judge Jackie Atherton Bernard to dismiss all of his charges.

McGregor wrote in the motion to dismiss petition that evidence given at a preliminary hearing for one of Brown’s co-defendants “did not implicate (Brown) for any of the charged offenses.”

“Upon information and belief, (16-year-old Dillan James Hufford) has all criminal liability for the acts alleged” in Brown’s affidavit of probable cause, McGregor wrote.

Hufford was formally charged as an adult in the case in November 2025. In a police interview, Hufford said he, Evans and Brown were drinking alcohol with about three other individuals when they spotted the victim and someone said they should rob him.

Hufford told officers they ran over to the victim but that he fell in the grass and passed out from the alcohol. When he woke up, Hufford said the victim was already on the ground and didn’t know who did what to him, the criminal complaint states.

Hufford faces identical charges to Brown, except he was not charged with felony conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. Hufford remains in custody in lieu of $500,000 bail.

In his petition, Brown also asked Bernard to separate his case from that of Evans. McGregor wrote that the Blair County District Attorney’s Office filed a “Notice of Joinder of Defendants” on Oct. 23, 2025, which joined Brown’s case to Evans’ case.

Online court documents show that Evans faces identical charges to Brown.

As Brown is maintaining his innocence, McGregor wrote that by joining the cases for trial, Brown will be “prejudiced due to his association with the other co-defendants.”

Brown and Evans have been incarcerated at the Blair County Prison since their arrest on July 25, 2025, after they were both unable to post their $100,000 bails. Brown and Evans are scheduled to appear in front of Bernard on June 3 and June 8, respectively.

Mirror Staff Writer Rachel Foor is at 814-946-7458.