stjoenews.net | Murder suspect in court

Mr. Hernandez, his blonde and reddish streaked brown hair looking limp and bedraggled, mumbled when Associate Circuit Judge Michael Ordnung questioned him about whether he had an attorney. He didn’t. Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd told the judge that Mr. Hernandez hadn’t secured his own attorney.

Court records revealed that Antonio Onate allegedly paid Mr. Hernandez $2,000 to kill Mr. Maravilla-Vargas on May 2.

The judge remanded Mr. Hernandez to jail, and set another court hearing for June 9.

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podunkpollie May 26, 2009 at 7:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am so relieved to see that the fashion police also attended this status hearing today.

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nwmo May 26, 2009 at 7:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yeah, how about saving your time until you have a real story to report? Or simply report the "news?"

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dotherightthing May 26, 2009 at 8:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Who are you calling the fashion police?

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weatherwitch May 26, 2009 at 10:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think they meant the hair police.

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bryan3506 May 26, 2009 at 10:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The NP reporting a decent worthwhile story would be a crime in itself. Maybe they should get crackin on another one of their amazingly insightful online polls!

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