Troy Bailey is lead out of a hearing at Lycoming County Court House earlier this year for a preliminary hearing. SUN-GAZETTE FILE PHOTO

The accused shooter in a January 2024 double homicide is seeking the dismissal of 14 charges bound over during his preliminary hearing in March of last year, according to PennLive.com.

Troy Bennett Bailey Sr., 58, is charged with killing Alisha Seese, 37, of Williamsport, and Ronald Dailey Jr., 37, of Jersey Shore, just before midnight on Jan. 11, 2024.

In an omnibus pretrial motion filed on behalf of Bailey, defense attorneys William Miele and Jeana Longo argue that charges of kidnapping, theft and robbery of a motor vehicle, weapons and tampering with evidence should be dismissed due to lack of evidence, PennLive.com reported.

Bailey and co-defendant Muhammad Davis are accused of forcing Seese and Dailey into Dailey’s SUV shortly after 10 p.m. following the completion of their shifts working for a private security firm at Lycoming Engines in Williamsport.

Surveillance video captured Dailey’s vehicle traveling near a residence on Short Street, where Davis said Bailey and Seese entered while he stayed in the vehicle with Dailey.

The pair were later found dead of multiple gunshot wounds in the 1700 block of Terrace Place.

The defense motion stressed that no one saw Bailey in possession of a gun or commit the shooting, PennLive.com said.

The weapon used in the shootings has not been recovered.

While Bailey’s defense team acknowledged Dailey was forced to drive his SUV, they contend he was not deprived of the vehicle because it was abandoned after the shooting, PennLive.com reported.

The defense is seeking any evidence the DA’s office has related to Davis’ “limited mental capacity,” PennLive.com said.

The motion also takes issue with the use of a “jailhouse informant” to elicit information relating to Bailey’s involvement in the shooting.

Bailey told the inmate that he sold crack, robbed and killed drug dealers in Philadelphia, according to PennLive.com.

He additionally reported that Bailey stated that he always had guns there, was a ladies’ man, especially with married women and was a dangerous individual, the filing states.

The defense has also asked for the suppression of Jailhouse-recorded phone calls.

During a phone call between Bailey and alleged accomplice, Sandy Perez, Bailey instructed her to get rid of a bag he had given her shortly after the shooting occurred.

Using another inmate’s number, he instructed her to “take the whole bag out of your house right now.”

During the call, Bailey told Perez that he was incarcerated on a PFA violation and related that Seese and “some guy” had been murdered, but stated he didn’t know anything about it.

Perez, 43, last known address of 1647 Catherine St., has been charged with criminal conspiracy in kidnapping, receiving stolen property, obstruction of justice, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, making false reports to law enforcement and two counts of hindering apprehension or prosecution.

The motion also seeks the recusal of all Lycoming County judges, due to a mass email distributed by Sheriff Mark Lusk sent to county officials inviting them to Dailey’s funeral. Lusk was reportedly a friend of Dailey, PennLive.com reported.

Citing what they call unethical comments made by Lycoming County District Attorney Tom Marino during a March 4 news conference, his office should be disqualified, the defense argued, PennLive.com said.

At the conference, Marino first discussed the arrests of Bailey and his alleged accomplices before turning to the broader topic of gang violence.

“Effective two weeks ago, we implemented a zero-tolerance policy on violent gangs,” Marino said at the conference, a comment the defense claims was inappropriate because there is no allegation Bailey was a gang member, PennLive.com reported.

They also reference statements at the press conference by Marino referencing President Judge Nancy Butts’ time as one his assistants during his initial term in the 90s, as well as her experience as a prosecutor and a judge, the media outlet said.

Bailey and Davis have both asked Butts to impose a gag order prohibiting those involved in the case from making any public statements or disclosing details to the public or media.

The prosecution has sought to combine Bailey’s murder case with a related case in which Bailey is accused of sexually abusing another woman and two children, for which Seese later filed a protection from abuse order against Bailey.

The newly filed motions seeks to keep the two trials separate in order to avoid possible inflammation of jurors due to the sexual assault charges, PennLive.com reported.

Additionally, the motion asks the severance of the illegal possession of a firearm and retaliation charges. Retaliation for Seese’s reporting of Bailey’s alleged child abuse has been floated as a possible motive for the killings. Text messages between the two are also in the defense’s chopping block wishlist, according to PennLive.com.

Defense has asked that the court reporter during selection be required to note the race of each individual questioned.

Citing the detrimental effect of the extensive publicity surrounding the killings and their aftermath, the defense motion asks for either a change of venue or that a jury from out of the area be brought in to hear the case, PennLive.com reported.

No date has been set for the omnibus motion, which is expected to be heard over two days.