ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE NEW YEAR’S EVE DRIVE BY SHOOTING OF A SIOUX CITY GIRL WILL STAND TRIAL AS AN ADULT.
CARLOS MORALES WAS 17 WHEN HE AND TWO OTHER DEFENDANTS ALLEGEDLY SPRAYED BULLETS AT A MORNINGSIDE HOME THAT STRUCK AND KILLED MIA KRITIS WHO WAS ATTENDING A PARTY IN THAT HOUSE.
HE TURNED 18 ON JANUARY 11TH.
JUDGE JEFFREY NEARY DENIED A DEFENSE REQUEST TO TRANSFER THE CASE TO JUVENILE COURT.
PROSECUTORS HAD STATED THAT MORALES HAS A LONG DOCUMENTED HISTORY WITH JUVENILE COURT DATING BACK TO 2015 WITH SEVERAL PLACEMENTS IN FACILITIES.
THE TRANSFER REPORT NOTED A HISTORY OF THEFT, LYING, CURFEW VIOLATIONS, RUNAWAY AND TRUANCY, AND GANG INVOLVEMENT.
