Four teenagers accused in the deadly beating of Las Vegas teen Jonathan Lewis pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
Treavion Randolph, 16, Dontral Beaver, 16, Damien Hernandez, 18, and Gianni Robinson, 17, were originally charged in January as adults with second-degree murder and conspiracy.
“I felt a lot of anger and rage, and heartbreak and different emotions. It’s truly sickening that they are getting offered these plea deals,” Mellisa Ready, Lewis’s mother said.
The teenagers agreed in August to have their cases moved back to juvenile court so they wouldn’t be charged as adults.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said the Rancho High School student was hit, kicked and punched to the point of unconsciousness in an alley near Rancho High School on Nov. 1. He died from his injuries a week later.
Investigators said 10 people attacked Lewis. According to investigators, the fight started over a stolen vape pen and possibly wireless headphones.
Police arrested nine teenagers in November. Beaver, Hernandez, Randolph and Robinson’s cases were automatically moved to adult court because of Nevada law. If a child age 16 or older is accused of murder, their case automatically transfers from juvenile court to adult court without the certification hearing process.
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