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New tape shows Jonathan Martinez-Garcia, 17, ambush his teacher, attempt to rape and strangle, slash her wrists and douse her in lighter fuel, shouting ‘can’t you die already’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27eeefdb36bd6e29bd9896e013566356" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;211b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Newly-released video by Clark County cops shows Jonathan Martinez-Garcia&comma; 17&comma; ambushing his teacher in a classroom at a Las Vegas high school on April 17&comma; 2022 <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1e77184bdadb7a86685b9bd1e91ce0b2" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;211b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Martinez-Garcia&comma; who was 16 at the time<&sol;strong>&comma; knocked the teacher unconscious and attempted tries to rape her He strangled her with and a cord and slashed her wrists <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c19d60cbcdd73d694b4a3028185d7713" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;211b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He also doused her in lighter fuel then shouts &&num;8216&semi;can&&num;8217&semi;t you die already&&num;8217&semi; during sadistic attack <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-578ac68b022882df9da094148d5a3caa" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;211b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The teen sexual predator was convicted and sentenced 16 to 40 years in jail in June&comma; as he smirked in court<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Jonathan-Martinez-Garcia-1&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455475" style&equals;"width&colon;842px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Las Vegas high school student Jonathan Martinez-Garcia&comma; 17&comma; <strong>is seen<&sol;strong> &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; smirking at his sentencing&period; The court heard details of how he ambushed the teacher <strong>in April 2022<&sol;strong><&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>by asking if he could speak about his grades after class at El Dorado High School&period; In June he was sentenced to a max of 40 years <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Newly released surveillance shows the perverse occasion&comma; that a Las Vegas student tries <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;30&sol;las-vegas-teen-17-is-sentenced-16-to-40-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-violent-attack-on-teacher-inside-classroom-which-saw-him-rape-and-strangle-her-before-slashing-victims-wrists&sol;">to rape and strangle his teacher<&sol;a> after shut down on a school day last year&period;&period;<br>The suspect Jonathan Martinez-Garcia&comma; 17&comma; was sentenced 16 to 40 years in prison in June after he ambushed the teacher&comma; identified only as Sade&period; He&&num;8217&semi;d lulled his target by asking if he could speak about his grades after classes&comma; at El Dorado High School on April 17&comma; 2022&period;<br>The surveillance footage begins at 1&colon;33 pm on that fateful day&period; It shows Martinez-Garcia&comma; then 16&comma; wandering the halls of the school&period; <br>He tries and fails to gain access to a classroom&comma; then he starts walking back down the hallway&period;  Suddenly&comma; he turns around and walks back to the classroom as we see Sade&&num;8217&semi;s head pop out of the room&comma; apparently talking to him&period; The clip cuts to her struggling with Martinez-Garcia in the doorway and being dragged back into her classroom&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"853" height&equals;"480" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;&fjlig;XqpvhjK&lowbar;Q" title&equals;"Horrific video shows moment student attacks teacher before choking&comma; raping her" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture&semi; web-share" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The video picks up at 3&period;05pm&comma; an hour-and-a-half after the suspect walked into the classroom&comma; Martinez-Garcia leaves the school with his head down&period; <br>During his June 2023 sentencing&comma; it was revealed that the deranged student knocked the teacher unconscious&period; <br>She later woke up with her pants and underwear down before the student threatened to burn her alive&comma; prosecutors said&period; At one point in the attack&comma; Martinez-Garcia told her&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Can&&num;8217&semi;t you die already&quest;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Jonathan-Martinez-Garcia-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455483" style&equals;"width&colon;838px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Videos from the day a Las Vegas teen walking the school hallway&comma; on April 17&comma; 2022 &&num;8211&semi; the day he tried to rape and strangle his teacher at school in Las Vegas<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Sade-1&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455476" style&equals;"width&colon;844px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The victim &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; identified as Sade told the court&comma; &&num;8216&semi;he beat my body so badly that I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t fight&&num;8217&semi;&period; The suspect knocked her unconscious&comma; then attempted to rape her before<strong> trying to slash her wrists&period; He finally released her<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The assailant attempted to strangle the teacher from behind with cord during the attack&comma; along with slashing her wrists cut&period; Following the ordeal&comma; the victim now suffers from chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder&period; She needs a walker to move around&period; <br>The seemingly unrepentant teen smirked in court while his victim was recounting her terrifying experience&period; The perverse teen later made the same expression during his sentencing&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Sades-bruises-3-1&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455477" style&equals;"width&colon;833px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>A close-up of some of the bruising the teacher sustained from the violent April 7&comma; 2022&comma; attack&period; Martinez-Garcia knocked her unconscious&period; She later woke up with her pants and underwear down before the assailant threatened to burn her alive&period; At one point in the attack&comma; he told her&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Can&&num;8217&semi;t you die already&quest;&&num;8217&semi;  <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Throwing more light on the circumstances of the crime and subsequent arrest&comma; bodycam footage from Clark County School District Police officers was also released to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;8newsnow&period;com&sol;news&sol;local-news&sol;videos-released-of-day-student-violently-attacked-las-vegas-teacher&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">8NewsNow<&sol;a> this weekend&period;<br>The officer is heard seeing who he believes is Garcia-Martinez and saying&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Possible suspect sighting&comma; he sees the suspect right outside of his residence right now&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Hey&comma; driver turn the car off&period; Turn the car off&period; Martinez-Garcia steps out of the car&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;You know why we&&num;8217&semi;re here&quest;&&num;8217&semi; the CCSDPD officer added as he locates the teen in a car&period; <br>Wearing a different outfit than before&comma; his high school ROTC uniform&comma; he responds &&num;8216&semi;no&&num;8217&semi; before being taken into custody&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"YYV-KWCTM-E&quest;rel&equals;0" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;YYV-KWCTM-Erel0" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;YYV-KWCTM-Erel0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;YYV-KWCTM-Erel0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Jonathan-Martinez-Garcia-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455484" style&equals;"width&colon;841px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Surveillance video from that fateful day shows at around the 1&colon;33 pm mark&comma; Martinez-Garcia stops in front of a classroom and looks behind him before being unable to enter the classroom and walking back down the hallway<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Jonathan-Martinez-Garcia-6&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455487" style&equals;"width&colon;843px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Martinez-Garcia was walking the hallways during the early afternoon hours at Eldorado High School before eventually struggling with the teacher&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Sade&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Jonathan-Martinez-Garcia-7&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455485" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>As she pulls him back into the classroom&comma; prosecutors allege Martinez-Garcia began to attack the teacher<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The details of what happened in the classroom&comma; and out of view of the camera&comma; were detailed during the court proceedings&period;  <br>Inside the room&comma; the teen waited until the teacher&&num;8217&semi;s back was turned before trying to choke her with a &&num;8216&semi;rope or string&&num;8217&semi;&period; He then slammed the young woman&&num;8217&semi;s head against a table&comma; knocking her unconscious&period;<br>When the victim awoke&comma; her pants and underwear had been pulled down&period; Martinez-Garcia poured something over her saying he was going to set her on fire and then pushed a bookshelf onto the woman that he then sat on&period;<br>In court Wednesday&comma; Sade told the judge that she believed she was going to die during the horrific ordeal that left her covered in bruises&period; Sade told the sentencing hearing&comma; she has been &&num;8216&semi;imprisoned&&num;8217&semi; mentally and physically&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;It only makes sense that he too should be in prison for as long as possible&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she said&comma; according to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;reviewjournal&period;com&sol;crime&sol;sex-crimes&sol;teen-sentenced-to-prison-for-attacking-eldorado-high-teacher-2801012&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Las Vegas  Review-Journal<&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Clark-County-School-District-Police-officer-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455489" style&equals;"width&colon;838px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Bodycam footage from Clark County School District Police officers was also released and shows the teen being stopped by officers<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Martinez-Garcia was sentenced at Vegas&&num;8217&semi; Regional Justice Center after pleading guilty to attempted murder&comma; attempted sexual assault and battery with the use of a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm that left his victim with trauma and multiple injuries&period; <br>Clark County District Court Judge Kathleen Delaney&comma; sentenced Martinez-Garcia to a minimum of 16 years behind bars&comma; rising to a maximum term of 40 years&period;<br>Prosecutors asked the judge for a minimum of 22 to 55 years behind bars&period; But in her sentencing&comma; Judge Delaney said she was &&num;8216&semi;balancing the seriousness of the crime with other factors&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The brutal attack occurred after Martinez-Garcia went to his teacher&&num;8217&semi;s classroom after school hours to discuss his grades&period; Police said he locked the classroom door before he viciously beat her&period;<br>The teacher told cops she asked Martinez-Garcia why he was assaulting her&comma; and he responded that he &&num;8216&semi;didn&&num;8217&semi;t like teachers&&num;8217&semi; and was &&num;8216&semi;getting revenge&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>During the attack&comma; Martinez-Garcia attempted to slit the teacher&&num;8217&semi;s wrists and told her&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Can&&num;8217&semi;t you die already&quest;&&num;8217&semi;<br>He initially told cops he &&num;8216&semi;blacked out&&num;8217&semi; and didn&&num;8217&semi;t remember the attack&comma; but later admitted he remembered trying to choke her&period; During the court hearing&comma; Martinez Garcia apologized for the crime and said he should have asked for help&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'620' height&equals;'349' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;TmknvqRK&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;useAverageColor&equals;1&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><br>Images of some of the brutal injuries Sade sustained were shown in the courtroom&period; <br>Sade recounted&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He beat my body so badly that I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t fight&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;One of the times I woke&comma; I found myself trapped under heavy shelves that he toppled over me to where my breathing was suppressed&comma; and I was being crushed to near death&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she recalled&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I truly believed with everything in me that I was going to die right there under those shelves&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>The victim along with several members of her family addressed the judge on Wednesday&comma; praying the court to impose the maximum sentence on Martinez-Garcia&period;<br>In her victims impact statement&comma; Sade&&num;8217&semi;s mother told the judge her daughter used to be a gregarious woman who came from a family of educators and had moved to Vegas to begin her first teaching job&period;<br>But since the attack she has had difficulty leaving her home because of ongoing physical and mental health complications&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;For the rest of her life&comma; her last memory of teaching is going to be this student&comma; trying to kill her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Sade&&num;8217&semi;s mother told the judge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;El-Dorado-High-School-located-in-downtown-Las-Vegas-1&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455478" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>A photo of El Dorado High School located in downtown Las Vegas where Sade worked as an educator and where Martinez-Garcia was a student <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Prosecutors said that the teacher remembers Martinez-Garcia saying repeatedly&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Why won&&num;8217&semi;t you die&quest;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Sade told the judge that she did not return to her teaching job after the attack because she felt mentally and physically &&num;8216&semi;imprisoned&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Martinez-Garcia fled after the attack and took the teacher&&num;8217&semi;s keys&period; The instructor was later found by a school employee who called 911&period; <br>The teen was arrested shortly after by school police while he was on his way to an award ceremony at the school&period;<br>In April&comma; Martinez-Garcia got a plea deal that avoided trial in the after school attack after he pled guilty to attempted sexual assault and battery with use of a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm&period; <br>Other charges against him were also dropped&period;<br>During sentencing&comma; the Judge rebuked Martinez-Garcia&comma; telling him that such an attack on a teacher was totally unacceptable&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;It is the most heinous type of crime there could be&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the judge said&period; <br>His mother described him as a &&num;8216&semi;good student&period;&&num;8217&semi; She said he hadn&&num;8217&semi;t been diagnosed with any medical or mental disabilities&comma;&&num;8217&semi; but told police that he seemed &&num;8216&semi;depressed and disconnected&&num;8217&semi; in recent months&period;<br>In the arrest report Martinez-Garcia talked about the attack on his teacher with detectives&period;<br>He said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t know why I attacked her&comma; she was good to me&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Jonathan-Martinez-Garcia-with-his-family-1&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455480" style&equals;"width&colon;830px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Jonathan Martinez-Garcia seen&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; with his family<strong> who unsuccessfully tried to convince the court the sexual predator as a normal teen &OpenCurlyQuote;with no history of anything but being a perfect loving kid&comma;’ <&sol;strong>His mother told cops he seemed &&num;8216&semi;depressed and disconnected&&num;8217&semi; in recent months<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The suspect&&num;8217&semi;s public defender&comma; Ty Gaston&comma; argued that his behavior was caused by severe side effects of an asthma medication&comma; Singulair&comma; which caused mood changes&comma; night terrors and hallucinations&period; <br>Chief Deputy District Attorney William Rowles countering defense argument that their client&&num;8217&semi;s behavior was the side effect of the medication&comma; said it was a valid reason for the attack&period; &&num;8216&semi;I firmly believe that there are still certain crimes and still certain conduct that requires a punitive punishment&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Rowles told the court&period; <br>At sentencing Martinez-Garcia who smirked through the proceedings&comma; apologized&comma; stating that he regretted what he had done&comma; that he blames no one but himself and was ready to &&num;8216&semi;accept the consequences&&num;8217&semi;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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