Criminal case against 14-year old escalates

The death Saturday of the one remaining hospitalized Townville school victim has elevated the criminal charges against the 14-year old defendant.  Because of Jacob Hall’s death, the prosecutor’s office has upgraded a previously filed attempted murder petition to murder.  According to the 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, additional petitions charging possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and a third attempted murder charge for a recently identified child victim have been filed. Solicitor Chrissy Adams says because the suspect is a juvenile and child-age victims are involved, there are confidentiality laws that apply.