Two Men Charged and Face Hearing for 2020 Murder in Aliquippa, Currently Lodge in Beaver County Jail

(File Photo of Beaver County Court House taken by Frank Sparks)

Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio
(Beaver, Pa.) Two men have been charged and are currently waiting a hearing in Beaver County Court after they are accused of the 2020 slaying of 19- year-old Curtis Flowers II in Aliquippa.
Rico Ramone Rodgers, 22 of Aliquippa, and Jeffrey Lamont Alford,27 , of New Brighton face a hearing in Beaver County Central Court Monday, June 27 at 8:45 a.m. for the murder of Flowers. It occurred Tuesday, November 24, 2020, in the area of Davis and Wykes Street in the city’s Plan 11 neighborhood. Aliquippa police were dispatched to the area at 4:35 PM for a report of a male suffering from gunshot wounds. When police arrived they found Flowers, who was struck in the head from gunfire and deceased. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots in the area. Aliquippa Police requested that the PA State Police assume the primary investigation into the homicide of Curtis flowers.

The two men were charged per the Beaver County District Attorney’s Office , and the PSP Troop D Criminal Investigation unit. The men are charged with criminal homicide and possession of firearms-prohibited. They remain lodged in the Beaver County Jail without bond.