The final defendant arrested in the 2017 killing of an Afghanistan war veteran in El Paso pleaded guilty to murder for his role in the slaying during a drug deal, court records show.
Brandon Olsen pleaded guilty Monday, May 6, to one count of murder in the slaying of Tyler Kaden Croke, 23, on May 7, 2017, during a drug robbery at the Cantera Apartments at 1501 Lomaland Drive in East El Paso.
Olsen pleaded guilty in front of 168th District Court Judge Marcos Lizarraga at the Enrique Moreno County Courthouse in Downtown El Paso.
He pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement made with the El Paso District Attorney’s Office. No details have been released on what sentence he will receive as part of the plea agreement.
Court records show Olsen is also facing a charge of having a deadly weapon in a penal institution. This case remains pending in state district court.
Olsen, along with two other defendants — Tristan Hunter Chilton and Adam Acosta — are scheduled to be sentenced May 17.