Court hearings were delayed Wednesday for four young teenagers arrested in connection with the fatal group beating of a Rancho High School student.
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Four teens arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a Rancho High student have been formally charged with second-degree murder. Also, about 100 people remembered the teen during a vigil.
Four other teens arrested in connection with the death of a Rancho High School student have remained in the juvenile court system because of their ages.
Rancho High School history teacher and State Assemblyman Reuben D’Silva, D-Las Vegas, said fights happen frequently in the area surrounding the school.
Lawyers for the Las Vegas Review-Journal are discussing the agreement with Las Vegas police and prosecutors.
Michael Earl, who was a patient at the time of the stabbings, had pleaded guilty but mentally ill to one count of murder and one count of attempted murder.
Four of the eight teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder in the fatal beating of a 17-year-old were automatically sent to the Las Vegas Justice Court system on Wednesday to be tried as adults.
Fernando Sandoval Jr., 18, had faced a murder charge after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot during a robbery attempt.
Defense attorneys filed a motion to have charges dismissed against Thomas Randolph, who was convicted in the 2008 deaths of his sixth wife and a hit man.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis appeared in court for a brief hearing on Tuesday, when a Las Vegas judge scheduled him to go to trial in June.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis appeared in court in connection with the hip-hop icon’s 1996 killing. Prosecutors gave an update on whether they would seek Davis’ execution.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis is set to appear in court again on Thursday for an arraignment hearing that has already been delayed twice since he was indicted in September.
Robert Telles, accused of killing Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, says he is still seeking police bodycam footage from the day of his arrest.
Three teenagers are facing murder charges in connection with the death of Shawna McCowan, who was killed while walking on a sidewalk in April.
Slobodan Miljus was on the eve of a jury trial when he pleaded guilty in September to a charge of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon.