LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person accused of capturing and killing a 19-year-old was not too long ago granted parole linked to a previous capturing however violated the phrases of his launch, the 8 Information Now Investigators have realized.
Illana Ceniceros, 19; and Keandre Smith, 22, every face homicide prices within the demise of Khoice Robertson, data mentioned. On Aug. 29, 2024, Robertson was shot and killed at an residence complicated close to Desert Inn Highway and McLeod Drive. Police recognized Ceniceros as Robertson’s longtime girlfriend.
A witness instructed police Robertson was outdoors the residence once they heard “two pops,” paperwork mentioned. Earlier than he misplaced consciousness, Robertson instructed the witness “some dude walked up to him, asked for his name, then shot him.”
One other witness instructed police they noticed a grey truck leaving the residence complicated after the capturing. With the assistance of surveillance video, police tracked the automobile driving towards the scene of the homicide after which leaving afterward, they mentioned.
Detectives later obtained a search warrant for a house they believed concerned folks probably linked to the homicide. Final September, officers stopped a automobile as a part of that investigation. Ceniceros and Smith have been each within the automobile, they mentioned. Contained in the automobile, officers discovered a stolen handgun underneath the motive force’s seat.
In an interview with police, Ceniceros mentioned she went to Robertson’s residence “to scare him,” paperwork mentioned. Video officers later obtained confirmed Ceniceros arriving to work driving the grey truck in query, police mentioned.
Extra video from the homicide scene confirmed the shooter “had long black braids” and gave the impression to be a Black man, police mentioned. Police imagine Smith was that particular person.
In December 2019, prosecutors charged Smith with tried homicide, amongst others, for a capturing involving a number of victims, data mentioned. In January 2021, prosecutors and Smith agreed to a sentence of 5 years’ probation ought to be full sure necessities. In Could 2021, Clark County District Court docket Decide Jerry Wiese sentenced Smith to the phrases of the cope with the warning he would go to jail ought to be violate these phrases.
Smith instructed police he was not too long ago launched from jail, paperwork mentioned. The Nevada Parole Board granted Smith parole final yr and the Nevada Division of Corrections launched him final June, a spokesperson mentioned. Whereas on parole, Smith absconded, which means he didn’t go together with his launch situations.
Police arrested Ceniceros every week after the homicide, data mentioned. A trial on a cost of homicide with using a lethal weapon was scheduled for July.
Las Vegas Justice Court docket Decide Rebecca Saxe set Ceniceros’ bail at $50,000 throughout a listening to a day after her arrest, data mentioned. Ceniceros posted bond the subsequent day and was ordered to put on a GPS monitor.
In January 2022, Smith violated his probationary phrases after he picked up a cost of residential housebreaking, data mentioned. Wiese then ordered Smith to serve 12-72 months in jail.
Police arrested Smith on Jan. 30, data mentioned. He was denied bail and was scheduled to seem in court docket on Feb. 18.
Fast particulars about Smith’s failure to adjust to the Division of Parole & Probation weren’t clear Thursday.
