Jena Six Defendant Mychal Bell Sentenced to 18 Months
Posted on Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 01:49:00 AM EST
Tags: Jena Six (all tags)
Jena Six defendant Mychal Bell was sentenced to 18 months in jail today on a prior juvenile charge. His parents were ordered to pay court costs and witness fees. The prior case involved two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property.
Bell was on probation and had incurred new charges prior to the December 4 incident which resulted in six defendants being charged with felonies.
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Three months prior to that [December 4] attack, Bell committed two violent crimes while on probation for a battery Christmas Day 2005, according to testimony.
....LaSalle District Attorney Reed Walters pointed out that Bell was placed on probation until his 18th birthday — Jan. 18, 2008 — after an incident of battery Dec. 25, 2005. After being placed on probation, he was adjudicated of three other crimes, the two in September and another charge of criminal damage to property that occurred on July 25, 2006.
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