The mother of slain Las Vegas student Jonathan Lewis believes her son’s killer may have gotten away with it.
Four young people arrested late last year on charges related to the death of Jonathan Lewis agreed to plea deals and had their cases transferred to juvenile court.
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Four men — Damien Hernandez, 17, Dontral Beaver, 16, Gianni Robinson, 17, and Trevion Randolph, 16 — were originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter instead.
Melissa Reddy, the mother of the late 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis, told FOX 5 Las Vegas she was surprised by the plea deal reached by her son’s killers.
The mother of murdered Las Vegas teenager Jonathan Lewis said there was “no justice” after four teenagers responsible for her son’s death pleaded guilty to murder in juvenile court. (KVVU)
“I didn’t know there was a trial date today. I didn’t know they had a plea deal… I was told by the district attorney about a week ago that they had pleaded guilty to murder and would be serving a minimum of two years in adult prison,” Reddy said.
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“I’m not happy with two years in an adult prison but at least I should have had something on my record… so far there has been no justice for my son’s murder,” Reddy said.
Damien Hernandez, 17, Dontral Beaver, 16, Gianni Robinson, 17, and Trevion Randolph, 16, were originally charged with murder but received reduced sentences in juvenile court to manslaughter. (KVVU)
Robert Draskovich, an attorney representing Gianni Robinson, told FOX 5 Las Vegas that the proposed plea agreement would move the case to juvenile court and seal the criminal records of the four teens involved in Lewis’ death.
Draskovich also told FOX 5 Las Vegas that no formal pleas have yet been entered against the four boys in juvenile court. Sentencing is expected at a later date.
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Jonathan Lewis was found after being brutally assaulted in an alley near Rancho High School in North Las Vegas on November 1, 2023. He died a few days later at a nearby hospital.
