Former football players arraigned

FOUR AT 6. FOUR OF THE FIVE ROBERTSON HAZING SUSPECTS WERE IN COURT TODAY. THEY ARE ACCUSED ...  More »

FOUR AT 6. FOUR OF THE FIVE ROBERTSON HAZING SUSPECTS WERE IN COURT TODAY. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF SODOMIZING TEAMMATES WITH A BROOM STICK DURING A PRESEASON FOOTBALL CAMP. CRIS ORNELAS WAS IN THE COURTROOM HE'S LIVE IN SANTA FE WITH WHAT HAPPENED.. LUCAS MARTINEZ, SANTIAGO ARMIJO STEVEN GARCIA AND MARCUS GUTIERREZ WERE ALL IN COURT TODAY. ALL WILL BE TRIED AS ADULTS SO THE JUDGE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CHARGES AND HOW MUCH TIME THEY FACE. EACH DEFENDANT PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES AGAINST THEM. EACH FACE DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF RAPE ATTEMPTED RAPE AND KIDNAPPING. THE PROSECUTOR ASKED THE JUDGE TO SET A 50 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND BUT THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAY EACH HAS SHOWN UP FOR THEIR HEARINGS AND HAVE SHOWN THEY ARE NOT FLIGHT RISKS. 'in reality this is offenses by a group of juveniles with some adult lack of supervision for want of a better phrase that at least mitigates the wrong doing that took place here'THE FIFTH DEFENDANT MICHAEL GALLEGOS WILL HAVE HIS ARRAIGNMENT HERE TOMORROW.  « Less