As was the case with his co-defendant earlier this week, the 17-year-old pleaded “true” Friday to the lesser charge of assault, a first-degree misdemeanor. He and the other attacker were originally charged with felonious assault.
The fight, which happened in a Lakota West High School hallway during a class change, came less than 24 hours after Robinson was fatally stabbed during a melee at the North Pointe Townhomes off Muhlhauser Road.
The charges were felonies because the victim suffered serious injuries, including a broken jaw, police said.
Butler County visiting Judge Matthew Crehan sentenced the teen to 30 days in the juvenile detention center, and gave him credit for the 30 days he had already been there in the past few months.
Before the sentence was handed down, the teen admitted to being involved in the fight, and swore off future trouble.
“I just like to say that I know I made a mistake in what I did, and I just appreciate the chance that I get to correct that,” he told Crehan.
“This is a mistake that I do regret because I did have a good thing going for me at Lakota West. I’m trying to get my life on track and fulfill my goals.”
Crehan, who is also a Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge, told the teen he agreed, although he warned against the two crossing paths again.
“I think everybody’s under the same impression that this was a bad, bad mistake,” he said. “You basically lost it. And you can’t do that.
“Right now you’re in the juvenile system,” he added. “...If you do anything like this when you’re 18, you don’t’ come back here. After this you’re going to be an adult with adult penalties.”
The teen was also ordered to spend an additional 60 days on house arrest, serve probation, pay court costs and attorney fees, graduate from high school in June, stay away from Lakota West and the victim and pay at least half of what is believed to be nearly $8,000 in restitution to the victim.
The 17-year-old’s co-defendant received a stiffer penalty on Monday, Nov. 30.
Butler County Juvenile Court Judge Kathleen Romans sentenced the 16-year-old to 90 days in the Juvenile Detention Center. He will be released Dec. 14 because the judge gave him credit for the 76 days he has already served pending court hearings.
He was also sentenced to serve 20 hours of community service, pay court costs and attorney fees, obtain a high school diploma or GED, serve probation and pay restitution to the victim.
On Sept. 10, police found Robinson, a sophomore at Lakota West, lying in the street at Triangle Drive and West Wind Court with a stab wound to her left side. It was the second time that night police were summoned to the area because of fighting.
Late that night, police charged 18-year-old Khrendon Gray with Robinson’s murder.
Rashon Martin, who is now 18, was charged with complicity to murder for his alleged role in the stabbing.
Both are being held in the Butler County Jail on a $1 million bond.
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