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More from Local NewsProsecutors have decided to reduce to less serious felonies the charges against Christopher Perez, who is accused of chasing, cornering and beating a 14-year-old in March.
Bill Haney, the felony unit supervisor with the District Attorney's Office, said Tuesday that Perez will be charged with two felonies: assault with a deadly weapon with the special allegation of inflicting great bodily harm and battery with serious bodily injury.
Perez, 25, will be in court today to be arraigned on the new charges. He had been charged with attempted murder and using a deadly weapon against the boy.
Haney said Perez is being charged with the less serious felony charges because of new evidence submitted to the district attorney since the original filing in March.
Perez's lawyer, Philip Dunn, declined to comment.
Haney said Perez is facing up to nine years in prison if convicted on the latest felony charges. He is in custody with bail set at $510,000.
At a preliminary hearing last month, a judge ruled that there was sufficient evidence to hold Christopher Perez and his brother Gilbert to answer for the felony charges.
After the preliminary hearing, prosecutors decided to drop all criminal charges against Gilbert Perez, 29. Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Frawley had said the evidence against Gilbert Perez wasn't strong enough to pursue any criminal charges against him.
On March 20, the brothers chased the boy through two Oxnard-area mobile home parks, losing sight of him once before cornering him in a backyard. The brothers had caught the boy inside their mobile home after they returned from work, according to court testimony at the preliminary hearing.
Posted by lilprettygurly13 on May 11, 2007 at 2:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ok wait a minute you people (DA) are lowering the charges on beating people and when he could of killed te 14 year old but yet you guys want to send a tagger daniel juarez 19 of oxnard to prision for just writting on walls!!!For 16 months uhuh you guys dont know what to really do!!! And i dont think Perez shouldn't be sentenced for 9 years the boy broke in to there house what are they suppost to think and how are they suppost to react?!
Posted by AnnaWhaat on May 12, 2007 at 8:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The System is totally messed up!!!!
Check out the story about someone breaking into some familys van. They held the guy until the cops came they didn't beat him into a coma!! Practically killing the guy !
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