APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Two people went a Kaukauna home to kill a man, and then tried to make it look like a robbery, according to a criminal complaint.
Dontae Payne, 26, and Tanya Stammer, 29, were charged Wednesday with first-degree intentional homicide and armed robbery for the death of Brian Porsche at a home on W. Division Street on March 30.
Initial court appearances are scheduled for later today.
According to the criminal complaint, Porsche had his hands up while Stammer was pointing a gun at him.
Tanya then said, “Get me everything.” She explained that she wanted it to look like a robbery gone bad. She wanted him to get shot in the leg, to scare him. While he was standing, (Porsche) went into the kitchen and was told to get a coffee can of money in the cupboard. Tanya knew about the coffee can prior to going there. (Porsche) then took the money out of the can and handed it to Tanya. Tanya said she saw a change jar and told (Porsche) to give her the change jar, which he did. Tanya then told (Porsche) to get back on the couch and while he was sitting back down, (Porsche) swatted at the gun, but didn’t knock it out of her hands. Tanya then backed up a little bit and (Porsche) then said, please don’t do this. She then said, “And then, boom and he fell into the couch.
Stammer said Paine was the one who shot Porsche.
Another witness, who was travelled with the two that day, quoted Stammer as saying “the victim swatted at the gun and then (Paine) took the gun from Tanya and shot the guy,” according to the complaint.
Paine’s story to police differed. According to the criminal complaint:
Dontae said Tanya never handled the gun and Dontae shot the man in self-defense because the man was so big and trying to get Dontae’s gun. Dontae said the man was standing up when Dontae shot and he fell into the chair after the shot but Dontae thought the man was still breathing when Dontae left. Dontae said it just happened and the shot was a pretty “close shot.”
The two took about $575 in cash from the home, as well as Porsche’s cell phone & keys – which they tossed in Lake Winnebago. Police later recovered the phone.
The complaint also cites a social media post by Paine made a few days after the murder, a photo of the words ” I got murder on my mind”.
Porsche died of a single gunshot wound to the head.
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