Samson Shelton enters plea
Ex-Teacher Pleads Not Guilty to Attack:
Our favorite part time teacher, part time pro wrestler, and full time psycho, Samson Shelton has appeared in court to enter his plea. This ought to be good…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) � A former teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to trying to kill a student who was found clinging to life in a park.
Samson Shelton, 26, of Smithton, made the plea during an arraignment on one count of attempted first-degree murder which accuses him of attacking 17-year-old Ashley Reeves, the Belleville News-Democrat reported on its Web site.
Authorities allege that Shelton choked Reeves with a belt, injured her neck and left her in a city park, where she spent about 30 hours before being found on April 29.
Investigators have said that Reeves and Shelton had a “relationship.” They haven’t elaborated. School officials have said Shelton was once a teacher at a middle school Reeves attended.
Shelton and his attorney, Justin Kuehn, declined comment to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A message was left by The Associated Press at Kuehn’s office Friday evening.
He led police to her body, luckily she was still alive, and he pleads not guilty?
I can’t wait to hear the defense on this one.
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