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06-26-08, - 08:58 AM
THE FREEPORT NEWS
By ARTESIA DAVIS, Guardian Senior Reporter, artesia@nasguard.com
A teenage boy accused of murder has been granted bail for a second time — this time by a Supreme Court judge.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because he is a minor, is accused of the February 11 stabbing death of Rico Farrington, 17, on the C.C. Sweeting Senior High School campus. The teenagers were reportedly fighting over a girl.
The teenager had his $20,000 bail revoked last month when another judge determined that Juvenile Court Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans had overstepped her authority by approving bail. The Bail Act does not give magistrates the authority to give bail to persons charged with murder.
But defense lawyer Murrio Ducille made a new bail application before Justice Stephen Isaacs, who yesterday set the boy's bail at $20,000.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the murder charge last month at an arraignment before Justice Isaacs.
Prosecutors decided that there was enough evidence to forego a preliminary inquiry and the case was sent directly to the Supreme Court. However, a trial date has not been set.
Meanwhile, Justice Isaacs refused bail for another murder accused yesterday.
Shawn Saunders, who also uses the surname Bruey, is charged with the September 2000 murder of 18-year-old Timothy Janson Henfield, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Danottage Estates.
Saunders is also accused of conspiring to kill Henfield's older brother, Marvin Jr, who was murdered last March. No one has been charged with his murder.
U.S. federal prosecutors requested Saunders' extradition to face drug trafficking charges in 2002. The indictment alleged that Saunders was part of a drug trafficking organization headed by Austin Knowles Jr.
Saunders, Knowles, former policeman Ian Bethel, Nathaniel Knowles and Edson Watson were all released on bail in the extradition case in 2005.
By ARTESIA DAVIS, Guardian Senior Reporter, artesia@nasguard.com
A teenage boy accused of murder has been granted bail for a second time — this time by a Supreme Court judge.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because he is a minor, is accused of the February 11 stabbing death of Rico Farrington, 17, on the C.C. Sweeting Senior High School campus. The teenagers were reportedly fighting over a girl.
The teenager had his $20,000 bail revoked last month when another judge determined that Juvenile Court Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans had overstepped her authority by approving bail. The Bail Act does not give magistrates the authority to give bail to persons charged with murder.
But defense lawyer Murrio Ducille made a new bail application before Justice Stephen Isaacs, who yesterday set the boy's bail at $20,000.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the murder charge last month at an arraignment before Justice Isaacs.
Prosecutors decided that there was enough evidence to forego a preliminary inquiry and the case was sent directly to the Supreme Court. However, a trial date has not been set.
Meanwhile, Justice Isaacs refused bail for another murder accused yesterday.
Shawn Saunders, who also uses the surname Bruey, is charged with the September 2000 murder of 18-year-old Timothy Janson Henfield, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Danottage Estates.
Saunders is also accused of conspiring to kill Henfield's older brother, Marvin Jr, who was murdered last March. No one has been charged with his murder.
U.S. federal prosecutors requested Saunders' extradition to face drug trafficking charges in 2002. The indictment alleged that Saunders was part of a drug trafficking organization headed by Austin Knowles Jr.
Saunders, Knowles, former policeman Ian Bethel, Nathaniel Knowles and Edson Watson were all released on bail in the extradition case in 2005.