Judge Rejects Controversial Plea Deal for Teens in Caught-On-Camera Beatdown of Classmate Jonathan Lewis

A Nevada judge rejected the plea deal this week for four teens charged with the murder of a Las Vegas high schooler in a caught-on-camera beatdown that authorities have called “void of humanity”

Judge Linda Marquis expressed concerns about transferring the high-profile case from the Clark County District Court to the juvenile system, the Clark County District Attorney’s Office told News 3.

Suspects Damien Hernandez, Dontral Beaver, Gianni Robinson and Treavion Randolph were all under 18 when they were charged as adults with second-degree murder for the death of Jonathan Lewis last fall.

Lewis, 17, was brutally beaten by a group of teens in an alley near Rancho High School on Nov. 1, 2023. He died from blunt force trauma six days later.

Earlier this month, prosecutors reached a plea agreement to move the four suspects’ cases to juvenile court, where they were expected to plead guilty to juvenile manslaughter.

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Jonathan Lewis was allegedly attacked when he confronted a group of teens about a pair of wireless headphones that were supposedly stolen from his friends.

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The four teens initially claimed self-defense, and said Lewis landed the first blow.

Five other teens were also charged in the case. Four of them — including a 13-year-old — pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the juvenile systems.

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