The 17-year-old, who was released to his mother last month, is still facing a felonious assault charge as a result of the fight. However, his Dec. 23 court date was pushed up to Dec. 4, and he was offered a similar plea deal, according to Butler County Juvenile Court Administrator Rob Clevenger.
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. Police have said the two incidents were related.
The charges were felonies because the victim suffered serious injuries, including a broken jaw, police said.
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, Clevenger said.
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. The amount of probation and restitution will be determined at a later date, Clevenger said.
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. He remains in the Butler County Jail on $1 million bond. His case was bound over to a Butler County grand jury in September.
The following day, police charged Rashon Martin, 17, of Forest Park with complicity to murder for his alleged role in the stabbing. Police contend he handed the knife used to kill Robinson to Gray.
Martin is also being held on $1 million bond in the Butler County Jail.
Contact this reporter at (513) 820-2112 or dgreber@coxohio.com.
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