Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Minehart is to sentence Tonya Lynne Stephens, 36, on the two third-degree felonies on Aug. 14.

Stephens, who has also used the name Juanita Lynne Stephens, was the girlfriend of Eric Floyd, one of three men accused in the killing of Liczbinski in Port Richmond.

On May 3, 2008, Liczbinski had chased the three men - Floyd, Levon Warner and Howard Cain - after the three allegedly robbed a Bank of America in the ShopRite on Aramingo Avenue near Castor and fled in a Jeep.

Cain, said to be the gunman, was shot and killed by police later that day. Floyd and Warner face a June 7, 2010, murder trial.

Following the shooting, Floyd remained a fugitive until he was captured four days later in an abandoned Kingsessing rowhouse with Stephens.

Yesterday, at Stephens' bench trial, Homicide Detective Tracy Byard read a statement Stephens gave to police. She said Floyd had told her about his decision to rob the bank. "He was going to get money from the bank and he was going to take care of us," she said.

She said she knew things had gone amiss when she called Floyd on his cell after the robbery, and he told her to pack her things at his apartment on Clearfield Street near 6th in North Philly.

She later took the TV and other items to sell on the street because "[they] needed some money."

Stephens said the next day another man, Isaac Albright, drove her and Floyd to the abandoned house on Windsor Avenue near 54th Street in Kingsessing. He also took their cell phones because, she said, he told Floyd the FBI was looking for him and could track them by their phones.

While in the house, she said Floyd told her "he was sorry he got me caught up. I told him not to worry about it because I make my own decisions."

Police Officer William Stephan of the SWAT unit testified yesterday that he was the first officer to get to the second-floor front bedroom of the house where Floyd and Stephens were captured.

Stephan said he kicked in the bedroom door and found Floyd and Stephens on their knees, with their hands on their heads. "We immediately ordered them to lay on their belly," he said.

Defense attorney Bernard Siegel argued that Stephens had just "traveled" with Floyd, but didn't do anything illegal.

Assistant District Attorney Mark Gilson argued that Stephens knew Floyd was wanted by police and did things to help hinder his arrest.

Gilson told reporters after the convictions that if Stephens isn't willing to cooperate in the trial of Floyd and Warner, he will ask for the maximum sentence for her of seven to 14 years in prison.

"It's my understanding that she won't do it because she loves [Floyd]," he said. "You know they say love is blind. I didn't realize it's also stupid." *