16-year-old gang member has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his part in beating and stabbing another teen to death in Sultan.Jaime Santana pleaded guilty in November to second-degree murder and was sentenced Monday in Everett.Three other people have pleaded guilty and received sentences of 10 to 15 years. One more defendant awaits trial for the June attack on 17-year-old Antonio Marks of Marysville near the Sultan City Hall.The Daily Herald of Everett reports all of the accused are believed to be members of a Sultan gang called Brown Pride Soldiers. Marks was believed to belong to a rival gang called the Southland Villains.
William (Billy) Bowden pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007
William (Billy) Bowden, 33, pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007 and skipping out on his preliminary hearing about a year later. Other drug and weapons charges related to the 2007 incident were stayed as part of a plea bargain securing the two convictions. Bowden remains in custody though, charged with manslaughter in relation to the November 2007 killing of Jeff Engen, who was fatally stabbed at the Empire Cabaret, prompting the club to close. That charge remains before the courts. Bowden has been in custody since he was arrested Feb. 14 in Whistler, B.C., and returned to Manitoba. The Crown and defence jointly recommended that time be noted in his sentence for carrying the firearm. That crime occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2007, as Bowden was leaving the NV lounge in a truck with friend Ken Houston, court heard. Police discovered a Glock 9mm handgun loaded with 18 bullets in a pile of garbage close to where the...
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