SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A person charged in reference to a 2024 shooting at Springfield’s High School of Science and Technology will spend the subsequent six to seven years behind bars.
Chantz Dudley pleaded responsible to prices together with assault and battery and carrying a harmful weapon on college grounds, in accordance to a spokesperson for the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office.
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Chantz Dudley and his father, Dana Dudley, are accused of forcing their approach into the varsity in March of 2024 and getting right into a struggle with one other individual. As he was hitting the sufferer within the head with a gun, Chantz Dudley’s gun went off, breaking one of many college’s home windows.
No one was damage by the shot, however Sci-Tech and the encircling colleges had to be positioned on lockdown. Chantz Dudley acquired away within the aftermath of the shooting and was sought by police for greater than a month earlier than he turned himself in.
Prosecutors have been searching for a sentence of 13-15 years, whereas the protection requested a shorter three to four-year sentence. Ultimately, the decide selected six to seven years.
Dudley pleaded responsible to the next prices:
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Daytime breaking and coming into with intent to commit a felony, whereas armed with a firearm
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Carrying a harmful weapon on college grounds
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Carrying a loaded firearm
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Assault and battery with a harmful weapon
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