By Emma James, Senior Reporter For Dailymail.Com
14:09 22 Sep 2023, up to date 20:56 22 Sep 2023
- Jesus Ayala bragged that he would get a ‘slap on the wrist’ for the hit-and-run
- He appeared bored whereas in a Las Vegas courtroom with Jzamir Keys, 16, on Thursday
A teenage driver accused of mowing down a retired police chief bragged to cops that he could be again on the streets in lower than a month.
Jesus Ayala, 18, was arrested hours after he allegedly drove into Andreas Probst, 64, and instructed officers that he would not be locked up for lengthy.
‘You assume this juvenile [expletive] is gonna do some [expletive]? I’ll be out in 30 days, I’ll wager you,’ Ayala instructed Las Vegas cops.
He added: ‘It’s simply ah, [expletive] ah, hit-and-run — slap on the wrist’, regardless of cops not mentioning the accident to him but, in line with KLAS. His feedback have been caught on police physique cameras.
Cops had solely arrested him for a warrant and obstructing a peace officer however found the sick footage on his cellphone.
They additionally discovered a second video of a Kia Soul driving into one other bicycle owner, with the footage seemingly recorded by Ayala who seemed to be the passenger of the automotive.
Alaya confirmed no regret for the alleged killing after being taken into custody, and has now been charged with 18 counts, together with homicide.
The teen is accused of deliberately putting Probst with the stolen Hyundai Elantra as he was using his bicycle down an empty freeway within the northwest of town at round 6am on August 14.
His passenger, Jzamir Keys, 16, is accused of filming the sick footage of the assault, who goaded the retired cop as they collided with him.
Keys was arrested this week and appeared together with his co-accused for his or her arraignment in Las Vegas Justice Court on Thursday afternoon sporting navy blue Clark County Detention Center uniforms.
Ayala, who has a big tattoo on his proper cheek, didn’t converse throughout the courtroom look.
His mom mentioned that she ‘would not know,’ if her son – who was 17 on the time – might be forgiven for his alleged crimes.
She beforehand instructed 8 News Now: ‘I do not know why he did this. I do not know if God can forgive this.’
Key’s mom vowed that his ‘aspect of the story’ will likely be instructed, branding it as ‘the reality’, moderately than the ‘inaccuracies the media will attempt to painting.’
During an earlier courtroom listening to, two of Keys’ relations cried, and one in every of Ayala’s feminine relations additionally attended.
She shielded her face and held again tears as she walked previous reporters outdoors the courtroom afterwards, in line with the Journal.
Ayala has an extended legal historical past within the juvenile system, in line with 8 News Now, whereas Keys was positioned within the youngster welfare system at eight years old.
Keys’ mom was charged with 5 counts of kid abuse in 2016 after cops discovered her 5 kids – aged two to 9 – home alone with out access to meals, a knife left on the kitchen counter, and the home in a poor situation, in line with the channel.
Police mentioned additionally they tied the kids to no less than three hit-and-run incidents the identical day. They imagine the slaying of Probst, a former police chief in Bell, California, ended the spree.
Graphic video exhibits a dashboard view from the entrance seat of a automobile approaching Probst from behind whereas he was using close to the curb on an in any other case traffic-free highway.
Laughter and feedback from contained in the automotive are heard earlier than Probst, sporting a crimson shirt and darkish shorts, was struck and thrown in opposition to the windshield.
A remaining picture from the shifting automotive exhibits the retired prime cop on the bottom beside the curb.
Deputy Police Chief Nick Farese referred to as the ‘intentional’ hit in a stolen automobile and the sick video ‘a cowardly act that in my 22 years of legislation enforcement left me personally appalled’.
At a information convention Tuesday, Taylor Probst described her father — identified by family members as ‘Andy’ — as a person of honor and integrity who labored for greater than 35 years in legislation enforcement.
‘We are devastated by the mindless homicide of Andy,’ she mentioned. ‘Andy’s life was robbed by two people who didn’t imagine that lives of others matter.’
Probst urged the DA’s workplace to ‘take these crimes to the furthest extent of the legislation’.