Teen could be tried as adult

By PHYLLIS ZORN

Staff writer

A 19-year-old charged May 21 in two juvenile cases from up to 10 years ago could get probation or harsher sentences in each case.

He also faces probation in an adult case filed against him the same day.

Christopher L. Walker, Hillsboro, is charged as an adult with two counts of interference with law enforcement.

According to a complaint in that case, Walker twice told Hillsboro officer Duane McCarty by phone Dec. 27 that he was in Oklahoma when McCarty said he wanted to talk to him about a felony. At the time McCarty was talking to Walker on the phone, Hillsboro assistant police chief Randy Brazil witnessed Walker at home.

The charge is a level nine person felony. If found guilty, he could be sentenced to 5 to 17 months’ probation, depending on his criminal history.

In one juvenile case, Walker was charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child younger than 14 and aggravated indecent solicitation with a child younger than 14. The charges stem from incidents Sept. 1, 2019.

In a second juvenile case, Walker is charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child younger than 14 for an incident July 30, 2014, and a second count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child younger than 14 for an incident July 30, 2018.

If he is tried as a juvenile, he could be sentenced to probation, community corrections, Juvenile Justice Authority custody until his 21st birthday, or Juvenile Justice Authority followed by aftercare until his 23rd birthday.

Marion County attorney Michelle Brown said she might file a motion seeking to try Williams as an adult in the juvenile cases.

Under the rules of juvenile court, if he is tried as an adult, it would be necessary for him to be found guilty exactly as charged.

In that happens, sentences in the three cases could be ordered to run concurrently or consecutively.