Teen gets 11 years in fatal stabbing of friend at Kenosha high school
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Timothy Carson in court (April 2017)
KENOSHA, Wis. - A defendant who was 15 when he fatally stabbed a friend in a Kenosha high school classroom has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
According to court documents, Timothy Carson had a falling out with Des Jon Taylor before stabbing him in the chest at Bradford High School in April 2017. Taylor collapsed in a hallway and died two days later at the hospital.
Stabbing incident at Kenosha Bradford High School
Carson, now 19, pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide and will get credit for the nearly four years that he has spent in jail.
Teen gets 11 years in fatal stabbing friend at Bradford High School
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) A defendant who was 15 when he fatally stabbed a friend in a Kenosha high school classroom has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
According to court documents, Timothy Carson had a falling out with Des Jon Taylor before stabbing him in the chest at Bradford High School in April 2017.
Taylor died two days later at the hospital. Carson, now 19, pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide.
Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Mary Wagner sentenced Carson Thursday to 10 years for reckless homicide and a year for getting into a fight while in jail.
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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A defendant who was 15 when he fatally stabbed a friend in a Kenosha high school classroom has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
According to court documents, Timothy Carson had a falling out with Des’Jon Taylor before stabbing him in the chest at Bradford High School in April 2017. Taylor collapsed in a hallway and died two days later at the hospital.
Carson, now 19, pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide and will get credit for the nearly four years that he has spent in jail.