ETHAN Crumbley showed no emotion and stared straight ahead as he appeared in court after allegedly gunning down four in the Oxford school shooting.
Crumbley, 15, briefly appeared in court on Friday weeks after a judge rescheduled his first appearance in December as both the prosecution and defense requested more time to comb through the mountains of evidence from the shooting.
Crumbley, sporting an orange jumpsuit and white facemask, was present via a video call as he agreed to waive his preliminary exam and will automatically be bound over to circuit court for his trial in the Oxford shooting case.
Both sides agreed to postpone the matter of bond for another two weeks.
It was the first court appearance for the 15-year-old in the new year after his legal team campaigned to remove him from the Oakland County Jail, where adult inmates, including his parents, are held.
Attorney Deborah H. McKelvy and Crumbley’s appointed defender, Loftin, introduced the idea in a December 13 hearing, arguing that Crumbley had not shown evidence he would be a “menace” to other juvenile inmates.
They recommended that Crumbley be moved to the Oakland County Children’s Village, a juvenile detention center.
McKelvy expressed “concerns for his mental and emotional well-being” and emphasized that the Oakland County Jail is not “designed for juveniles.”
Prosecuting attorney Mark Keast was vehemently against the idea, saying that Crumbley was accused of “targeting juveniles” in the school shooting attack.
He also pointed out that the Children’s Village has had documented escapes.
“This cannot be compared to any other case,” Keast argued, saying he couldn’t imagine placing “this defendant in a school environment after what he did.”
Crumbley’s alleged rampage began in the early afternoon of November 30, shortly following a meeting between himself, his parents, and a school counselor that had received a report of disturbing drawings made by the teenager.
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