Monday, February 12, 2024

Lake Worth Beach teen gets 15 years for murder

Circuit Judge Cymonie Rowe

Boy, 15, pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 2022 stabbing

Gets 15 years on a plea deal

A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old man during a birthday party in Lake Worth Beach in 2022.

Manuel Marcos Cardona, of Lake Worth Beach, was 14 years old during the crime on June 18, 2022, but was charged as an adult on Aug. 15, 2022.

Cardona had faced life in prison but in a plea deal, he received a shorter sentence, according to Palm Beach County court records.

Circuit Judge Cymonie Rowe approved the plea deal Thursday.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

he will give a sob story and ne out in 5

Anonymous said...

Isnt that a shame!

Anonymous said...

Well what gets me is he stab somebody then he had enough common sense to leave the area to go to North Carolina I just goes to show you commit a crime in lake Worth Beach and then leave the area

Anonymous said...

that shows you knew you did the crime now do the crime