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Teen sentenced for bringing gun used in fatal shooting
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KINGMAN, Ariz. --A teenager from Dolan Springs, Ariz., has been sentenced in Kingman for bringing a gun to a youth gathering that another teenager used to kill himself while playing Russian roulette last September.
Edward Angelo, 15, was prohibited from possessing a weapon because of previous criminal convictions.
Witnesses told Mohave County Sheriff's investigators that Angelo brought a .22-caliber handgun to the north Kingman property where 16-year-old Kevin Hudgens killed himself. They were consistent in stating that Hudgens ignored repeated warnings not to play with the weapon.
Angelo entered a plea agreement admitting several violations of probation for previous criminal offenses. He also admitted committing new crimes including attempted escape, failure to appear and misconduct involving weapons for possessing the handgun he delivered to Hudgens.
A throng of family members and friends attended Angelo's sentencing hearing Wednesday. One told Angelo to "keep God in your heart" as the teen was led from the courtroom with tears streaming down his face.
As required under terms of the agreement, Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Williams ordered that Angelo must serve at least 180 days in the Juvenile Department of Corrections. At the same time, Angelo could be incarcerated until his 18th birthday.
Judge Williams expressed hope that Angelo will take advantage of his time behind bars to gain education and skills he can put to use when he gains his freedom rather than "returning to a life of crime and chaos."
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180 days? Here we have a criminal who has been convicted of previous crimes, breaking into peoples homes, trashing them and stealing property. He is released on probation, violated his probation and ends up taking a gun to a gathering where a boy dies. Where did he get the gun? A family has lost a son and the guilty party gets a slap on the wrist.
Kingman sounds like a great place to be a criminal. Do the crime, but not the time.
He's old enough to commit "Big Boy" crimes yet cries like a baby at court. 6 months for this? What a joke! Giving this kind of waste of skin a chance is only setting up society and a few unfortunate individuals for harm and heartbreak when he graduates to the Big Time. He's already proven himself to be incapable of even considering the consequences of his juvenile actions, why would he start now!
"...heard thinning". Now I've herd it all.
why not just spank his butt and send him to bed without dinner? He's gonna kill someone else down the road, and that judge has the blood of that victim on his hands.
This is exactly why we have repeat crimes by CRIMINALS. When is the so called judicial system going to see that. He should have been charged with murder... Will never understand the judicial system???????????????????????????????????????
Six months for all those violations? I think we have found a candidate that makes Napolean Roger look good.
Charge him for the rounds fired and give him a carton of cigarettes. That just comes with heard thinning. If the kid had no respect for his own life he likely did not respect other lives.