Michael J Ross now faces 18 additional counts of 1st and 2nd Degree possession of sexually explicit images of children, as well as Attempted Tampering with Physical Evidence.
Douglas County Superior Court Judge Brian Huber ordered the Douglas County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to pay a $2,500 fee to Defense attorney Brandon L. Redal for a discovery violation.
Prosecutors originally charged 22-year-old Julius James Ceballos with first-degree murder and a possible life sentence, but reduced the charges to second-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault because of a lack of forensic evidence and unreliable witnesses.
Devon McGrady was sentenced Wednesday in Chelan County Superior Court after pleading guilty to three counts of child molestation in the first degree and one count of violation of a no contact order.
The new lawyer for 57-year-old Thelbert Lawson filed documents in Chelan County Superior Court Tuesday, claiming mishandling by his original attorney and improper inclusion of a previous conviction in his trial.