Rylie Musick

A Douglas County judge on Monday sentenced an 18-year-old Topeka woman to serve three years on probation for her role in an October shooting outside a Lawrence apartment complex.

Rylie R. Musick in March pleaded no-contest to two counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery related to an Oct. 11 shooting of a Lawrence man in the 2500 block of Redbud Lane. Prosecutors accused Musick of riding in a van with the victim and another man as a decoy to lead co-defendants to rob the victim at his residence.

District Judge Kay Huff agreed with terms of a plea agreement to sentence Musick to three years on probation, requiring the defendant to complete evaluations for drug and alcohol abuse and mental health. She could also have to submit to random tests for drugs.

“Obviously Miss Musick would have a significant hammer held over her head for 36 months,” said David Melton, a chief assistant Douglas County district attorney.

She faces 32 months in prison if she fails to comply with her probation terms.

Musick was the fourth defendant to be sentenced in connection with the shooting. Christopher Bush, 20, of Topeka, entered a plea to shooting the man and was sentenced to more than five years in prison.

Desmond Jackson, 19, who drove Bush to the apartment, and Ashley Halstead, 23, both of Topeka, were also sentenced to serve three years on probation.