Grand Jury Indicts 3 Men for Beating Death of Teen Ethan Liming , And None of the Charges Are for Murder

Three men charged in the beating death of a teenager that took place in the parking lot of LeBron James’s I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, have been indicted on charges lesser than the one of murder with which they were…

IJR SyndicatedJul 30, 20223 min read

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“What those boys did was stand their ground,” Sinn said. “What happened was a tragedy.”

An attorney for the teen’s parents said they were displeased with the indictments, according to the Akron Beacon-Journal.

“They feel they were made victims when their son was murdered and made victims again by the system,” said Mike Callahan, acting as spokesman for the family.

“They are angry and frustrated. It’s very difficult for them,” he said.

Eddie Sipplen, Jones’s attorney, said no charges should have been filed because Liming and his friends started the incident.

“Ethan and his friends were wrong,” Sipplen said. “They thought it was funny. My client and his friends did not.”

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The indictments did not explain why the murder charge was dropped. Brad Gessner, chief counsel for the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, said facts have emerged since the initial charges but said he could not make them public.

“At this point, we have been focused on the acts that led to Ethan’s death and those who committed the offenses,” he said, adding that none of Liming’s friends – all of whom were juveniles – could face charges.

All three defendants have been in Summit County Jail since they were arrested last month, Bond in their cases is set at $1 million. Attorneys for all three say they plan to call for that to be reduced.

“I don’t know why my client is being held on a $1 million bond — a 19-year-old with no criminal record in a case in which he was minding his own business,” Donald Gallick, Tyler Stafford’s attorney, said.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.