Karmelo Anthony was indicted for homicide by a grand jury within the deadly stabbing of 16-year-old monitor star Austin Metcalf.
Earlier this 12 months a choose reduced Karmelo Anthony’s bond from $1 million to $250,000 and positioned him on home arrest.
As TGP beforehand reported, 16-year-old monitor and soccer star Austin Metcalf was brutally stabbed to dying in April throughout a championship monitor meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
Metcalf, a junior at Frisco Memorial Excessive Faculty, was attacked in broad daylight — at a school-sanctioned occasion meant to showcase laborious work, self-discipline, and sportsmanship.
The suspect, (now 18-year-old) Karmelo Anthony of rival faculty Frisco Centennial, was charged with first-degree homicide and faces as much as life in jail.
CBS Information reported:
Karmelo Anthony, the now 18-year-old accused of fatally stabbing one other teen throughout an altercation at a Frisco ISD monitor meet in early April, was indicted for homicide by a Collin County grand jury on Tuesday.
Anthony, who was 17 on the time of the incident, was arrested on April 2 in reference to the stabbing dying of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf throughout a monitor meet at Kuykendall Stadium.
The teenager, who’s going through a first-degree homicide cost, has been on home arrest since being launched on a decreased bond on April 14. If convicted, Anthony may face a doable sentence of 5-99 years or life in jail. Within the Texas legal justice system, 17-year-olds are thought-about adults.
Collin County District Legal professional Greg Willis introduced that his crew labored to current proof to the grand jury for weeks.
“We all know this case has struck a deep nerve — right here in Collin County and past. That’s comprehensible. When one thing like this occurs at a college occasion, it shakes folks to the core,” Willis stated in a information launch. “However the justice system works finest when it strikes with steadiness and with precept. That’s what we’re dedicated to. And that’s precisely what this case deserves.”
The Karmelo Anthony household legal professional beforehand requested the choose to place the teenager killer on an ankle monitor and cut back his bond so he can “be along with his household.”
The protection legal professional argued that Karmelo Anthony has no prior arrests and ought to be launched from jail.
Prosecutors argued that Karmelo Anthony was concerned in an altercation in school in February, however it didn’t contain regulation enforcement, in line with Fox 4 Information.
In asking for the bond discount, the protection attorneys stated Anthony’s household is having hassle accessing the greater than $400,000 raised for the teenager killer. The choose sided with the protection and decreased Karmelo Anthony’s bond to $250,000.
Earlier this 12 months Choose Angela Tucker of the 199th Judicial District Court docket additionally stated Karmelo Anthony could be placed on home arrest.
