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Suspect in teen’s death appears in court
DAYTON - Montgomery County Juvenile Judge Anthony Capizzi remanded the boy accused of shooting Ronika Owens-Clemons into court custody during a brief hearing Thursday, June 17.
“The allegations are as serious as you can get,” Capizzi told the boy, who is 16. His attorney, Anthony VanNoy, stood beside him as Capizzi read the charges: delinquency counts of murder, inducing panic, improperly shooting a firearm near a school, carrying a concealed weapon and illegal possession of a deadly weapon on school property.
Owens-Clemons died at Miami Valley Hospital after she was shot in the side on the playground of Westwood PreK-8 Elementary School sometime around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 16.
The boy’s mother was in the courtroom. The boy, who appeared short and of slight build, was wearing an orange jail jump suit. He said nothing and showed no emotion during the hearing.
Capizzi said he was keeping the boy in custody for three reasons: for the boy’s safety, because the boy could be a flight risk and because the judge assumed there was no parent or guardian who could provide appropriate supervision.
Capizzi set a preliminary conference for counsel on June 28. It was not clear whether the boy’s case will be transferred to adult court, but Capizzi asked that prosecutors file any motions to transfer before the June 28 conference.
The charges were filed by Dayton police, but Capizzi noted that the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office usually has a three-prosecutor panel to review evidence and decide on what charges to file, which he expected would be done within the next five to seven days. He said he hoped that the attorneys would be ready to exchange discovery by the June 28 conference.
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