Teen Sentenced to at Least 16 Years in Prison for Brutal Attack on Teacher in Nevada
A teenager was sentenced to 16 to 40 years in Nevada state prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in April to various charges following a plea deal that avoided trial for having brutally attacked a high school teacher in 2022.
Jonathan Martinez Garcia was 16 when he carried out the brutal after-school attack on the teacher at Eldorado High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school serves about 2,000 students several miles east of downtown Las Vegas.
As part of the plea deal, Martinez Garcia pleaded guilty in April to attempted murder, attempted sexual assault, and battery with the use of a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm. He faced another 12 felony charges, but they were dropped….