{"id":293681,"date":"2023-10-12T11:02:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T16:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=293681"},"modified":"2023-10-12T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T16:20:09","slug":"las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Teens Plead Not Guilty in Bicyclist\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two teens<\/a> pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges on Wednesday for the August death of a bicyclist<\/a> on a Las Vegas street.<\/p>\n

\"Jesus<\/a>
Jesus Ayala, left, and Jzamir Keys, pictured above in a courtroom. They are facing murder charges for allegedly killing a bicyclist. (Image: KSNV<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jesus Ayala<\/a>, who was driving the car that struck the bike<\/a> ridden by Andreas “Andy” Probst, 64, and Jzamir Keys, a passenger in the car, entered the pleas during an appearance before Clark County District Court Judge Tierra Jones.<\/p>\n

Probst, a retired Bell, Calif., police chief, died from his injuries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Authorities claim Ayala and Keys intentionally drove into the Probst on August 14 near the intersection of Tenaya Way and Centennial Parkway.<\/p>\n

Pretrial Publicity<\/h2>\n

During Wednesday’s proceedings, Ayala\u2019s attorney, David Westbrook, a deputy public defender, complained about Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson<\/a> appearing on TV to talk about the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrankly, I\u2019ve seen the district attorney on TV more than Jimmy Fallon lately,\u201d Westbrook said, according to Las Vegas TV station KLAS<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I feel like this case is coming dangerously close to being a case the DA is trying in the media. I think it should be tried in the courtroom.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Westbrook said he’s also concerned that the publicity surrounding the case could interfere with his client\u2019s right to a fair trial.<\/p>\n

In response, Wolfson told KLAS <\/em>that if Westbrook has seen him on TV more than Fallon, a late-night TV host, maybe he should go to sleep earlier.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to the day when this case comes to trial and when the state and defense can present the information to a jury so that [the] jury can deliver justice,\u201d Wolfson added.<\/p>\n

Murder Details<\/h2>\n

Police have revealed that Probst was thrown backward from the car’s impact. His body went onto the hood and windshield, before coming to rest on the pavement.\u00a0 He was declared dead at University Medical Center.<\/p>\n

The duo sped away in the car following the collision. Keys took a video of the incident, which has since gone viral.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the video, the two teens are heard laughing about the fatality. Seconds before striking the victim, one of the suspects also yelled out, \u201cYeah, yeah, yeah hit his a**.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional Charges<\/h2>\n

The incident was just part of a larger crime spree, police said, adding that the pair allegedly stole several cars.<\/p>\n

They also are accused of being in a car that was driven into a 72-year-old man shortly before a car struck Probst. The earlier victim was also on a bicycle, but avoided serious injury.<\/p>\n

\n

In addition to murder, the teens are charged with residential burglary, battery, attempted murder, automobile grand larceny, and possession of a stolen vehicle. Keys is also charged with possession of burglary tools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Because neither of the suspects was 18 at the time of the incident, if convicted on the murder charge, the most severe sentence they could receive is 20 years to life in prison.<\/p>\n

In addition to the criminal charges facing them, the teens have been widely condemned on social media.<\/p>\n

One poster on Casino.org<\/em>, Anne Freeman, called it unbelievable that the two teens \u201chave so little regard for life. Crashing into a bike with no concern of what will happen shows that these 2 will do anything for kicks, and nothing will be off limit. Keep them locked up for the safety of others.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two teens pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges on Wednesday for the death of a bicyclist on a Las Vegas street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":293691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[13766,23,81928],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLas Vegas Teens Plead Not Guilty in Bicyclist\u2019s Horrific Death<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two teens pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges on Wednesday. They are accused of being in a car that was driven into a bicycle.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Las Vegas Teens Plead Not Guilty in Bicyclist\u2019s Horrific Death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two teens pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges on Wednesday. They are accused of being in a car that was driven into a bicycle.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-12T16:02:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-12T16:20:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ksnv-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1015\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"571\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgedsilv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/\",\"name\":\"Las Vegas Teens Plead Not Guilty in Bicyclist\u2019s Horrific Death\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ksnv-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-12T16:02:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-12T16:20:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\"},\"description\":\"Two teens pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges on Wednesday. They are accused of being in a car that was driven into a bicycle.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ksnv-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ksnv-1.jpg\",\"width\":1015,\"height\":571},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crime & Scandals\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Las Vegas Teens Plead Not Guilty in Bicyclist\u2019s Death\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\",\"name\":\"Ed Silverstein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Ed Silverstein\"},\"description\":\"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Las Vegas Teens Plead Not Guilty in Bicyclist\u2019s Horrific Death","description":"Two teens pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges on Wednesday. They are accused of being in a car that was driven into a bicycle.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Las Vegas Teens Plead Not Guilty in Bicyclist\u2019s Horrific Death","og_description":"Two teens pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges on Wednesday. They are accused of being in a car that was driven into a bicycle.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2023-10-12T16:02:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-12T16:20:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1015,"height":571,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ksnv-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed Silverstein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgedsilv","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed Silverstein","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/","name":"Las Vegas Teens Plead Not Guilty in Bicyclist\u2019s Horrific Death","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ksnv-1.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-12T16:02:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-12T16:20:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e"},"description":"Two teens pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges on Wednesday. They are accused of being in a car that was driven into a bicycle.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ksnv-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ksnv-1.jpg","width":1015,"height":571},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-teens-plead-not-guilty-in-bicyclists-horrific-death\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crime & Scandals","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Las Vegas Teens Plead Not Guilty in Bicyclist\u2019s Death"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e","name":"Ed Silverstein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","caption":"Ed Silverstein"},"description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293681"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293716,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293681\/revisions\/293716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}