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The father of Brandon McInerney, the now-15-year-old who shot gay junior high student Lawrence King to death last year, was arraigned Friday in California's Ventura County superior court on felony charges of criminal threats and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.
The father of Brandon McInerney, the now-15-year-old who shot and killed gay junior high student Lawrence King last year, was arraigned Friday in California's Ventura County superior court on felony charges of criminal threats and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.
Details on the alleged crimes have yet to emerge and it's not clear whether they related to King's murder. William Frederick McInerney pleaded not guilty to the charges and a judge set bail at $40,000, which the 46-year-old has yet to post, according to the newspaper.
William McInerney has a history of violence -- he was found guilty in 2000 for disturbing the peace, and was convicted two years later for corporal injury to a spouse.
The judge ordered McInerney to stay away from a house in Oxnard, Calif., where McInerney family relatives live.
Brandon McInerney, a former classmate of King's, is currently in a juvenile hall awaiting trial as an adult in King's murder. Brandon McInerney's attorneys are trying to have him charged as a child, but a state appellate court denied such an appeal last week. His lawyers said they plan to ask the California supreme court to review that decision. (Neal Broverman, Advocate.com)
