After being convicted almost a year ago, 18-year-old Demetri Ewing was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison by 2nd District Judge Jay Gaskill on Thursday at the Nez
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May 20, 2021 7:34 AM Associated Press
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) A judge has ordered a 16-year-old boy stand trial as an adult on a murder charge after police believe he was involved in a home invasion and fatal shooting in Lewiston earlier this year.
Nez Perce County Magistrate Judge Michelle Evans said Tuesday that there was probable cause to believe that Demetri X. Ewing was one of the two people who rode bikes from a motel on Jan. 8 to a home in Lewiston, broke in, shot Samuel Johns, then rode back to the motel, The Lewiston Tribune reported Wednesday.
Magistrate Judge Sunil Ramalingam made the same determination on Friday after a preliminary hearing for Ewing’s father, Clyde K. Ewing, 43. Nez Perce County Prosecutor Justin Coleman said Tuesday that his office is considering filing a motion to join the two cases.
Judge rules north Idaho teen will face murder charge as adult
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LEWISTON (AP) A judge has ordered a 16-year-old boy stand trial as an adult on a murder charge after police believe he was involved in a home invasion and fatal shooting in Lewiston earlier this year.
Nez Perce County Magistrate Judge Michelle Evans said Tuesday that there was probable cause to believe that Demetri X. Ewing was one of the two people who rode bikes from a motel on Jan. 8 to a home in Lewiston, broke in, shot Samuel Johns, then rode back to the motel, The Lewiston Tribune reported Wednesday.
May 19—The 16-year-old boy suspected along with his father of the home invasion and shooting death of Samuel Johns in January will stand trial as an adult on a charge of first-degree murder, a judge ordered Tuesday. Nez Perce County Magistrate Judge Michelle Evans found there was probable cause that Demetri X. Ewing was one of the two people who rode bikes from a Clarkston motel in the early .