Jordan Isaiha Lopez, 22, was sentenced to 35 years in prison murdering a 19-year-old during a robbery in 2018 after he took of an ankle monitor he was wearing.
Man wearing an ankle monitor is seen stealing food items from a Target store and putting them in a large sack. was sentenced to 35 years in prison Thursday for a murder he committed five years ago, after he removed his ankle monitor that was a condition of probation for a previous crime. Austin Balogun, 19, on July 5, 2018, during a robbery at Balogun’s home in Cypress, Texas, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said in a release.
"We are already dealing with rampant gun crime, and the situation gets worse when criminals can simply remove thethey are supposed to wear as a condition of bond," Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement Saturday."It is a tragedy that a young man lost his life to someone who took advantage of the system to commit murder while free on bond.
Lopez’s ankle monitor had been a condition of his bond following an attempted home invasion six months earlier. "He was a 17-year-old kid that was influenced by his brother and I do believe he was defending himself," Cammack said after the sentencing, according to the Dallas Morning News."They found him guilty of murder, so he deserved something, but 35 years is a lot of time for a kid that was 17 when he did it.
Prosecutor Chris Condon added,"We appreciate the jury and the judge hearing all of the facts in this case and ensuring that we could get this guy off the street. We were honored to work with the victim’s mother to get justice for her and her son." Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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