Teen accomplice gets 16 years in Spokane
murder of World War Two vet
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[March 20, 2015]
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Washington
state teenager was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Thursday for his
role in the murder of an 88-year-old World War Two veteran who was
beaten to death during a robbery outside a Spokane fraternal lodge, his
lawyer said.
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Demetruis Glenn, 17, received the sentence in Spokane County
Superior Court, his lawyer Christian Phelps said.
Glenn and Kenan Adams-Kinard, also 17, were accused of assaulting
Delbert "Shorty" Belton as he sat in his vehicle in the August 2013
incident.
Belton, who had survived a gunshot wound to the leg during the
Battle of Okinawa in 1945, died a day after the beating. His wallet
was also stolen, police said.
Adams-Kinard and Glenn, both 16 when the crime occurred, had pleaded
not guilty to murder after their arrest. Adams-Kinard was sentenced
to 20 years in prison on Feb. 5 after changing his plea to guilty in
January.
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County Superior Court following a plea deal offered by prosecutors a
day earlier, Phelps said.
"The evidence indicated that (Adams-Kinard) was the primary actor in
the case," Phelps said, adding that Glenn turned himself in to
police. "There is no evidence that implicates (Glenn) in the beating
of Mr. Belton."
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On Thursday, Glenn was also ordered to pay about $6,000 in fines and
restitution. The sentence was below the standard range for murder in
Washington state, Phelps said.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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