Karmelo Anthony was indicted for homicide by a grand jury within the deadly stabbing of 16-year-old observe 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 observe and soccer star Austin Metcalf was brutally stabbed to demise in April throughout a championship observe meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
Metcalf, a junior at Frisco Memorial Excessive College, was attacked in broad daylight — at a school-sanctioned occasion meant to showcase exhausting work, self-discipline, and sportsmanship.
The suspect, (now 18-year-old) Karmelo Anthony of rival college 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 observe 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 demise of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf throughout a observe 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 diminished bond on April 14. If convicted, Anthony might face a attainable sentence of 5-99 years or life in jail. Within the Texas prison justice system, 17-year-olds are thought-about adults.
Collin County District Legal professional Greg Willis introduced that his staff 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 faculty occasion, it shakes individuals to the core,” Willis mentioned 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 lawyer beforehand requested the choose to place the teenager killer on an ankle monitor and scale back his bond so he can “be along with his household.”
The protection lawyer 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 at college in February, but it surely didn’t contain regulation enforcement, in response to Fox 4 Information.
In asking for the bond discount, the protection attorneys mentioned Anthony’s household is having bother accessing the greater than $400,000 raised for the teenager killer. The choose sided with the protection and diminished Karmelo Anthony’s bond to $250,000.
Earlier this 12 months Choose Angela Tucker of the 199th Judicial District Court docket additionally mentioned Karmelo Anthony can be placed on home arrest.
