LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person will keep away from jail time for beating his neighbor in a racially motivated assault.
In Might 2023, Christian Lentz attacked his neighbor, Amadeo Quindara, then 75, in Quindara’s storage. Prosecutors stated Lentz focused Quindata as a result of he’s Filipino.
In courtroom Monday, Clark County District Court docket Choose Jennifer Schwartz despatched Lentz to jail for 90 days and ordered him to serve probation for 5 years, warning him he’ll go to jail for a minimum of 12 years if he fails to conform.
“This is a crossroads between mental health and justice,” Schwartz stated. “This is your only chance.”
The assault occurred in a southwest valley neighborhood. Lentz was arrested the next day and charged with residential housebreaking. The district lawyer’s workplace later upgraded the costs.
Video confirmed Lentz coming into the storage and yelling, police stated. When Lentz exited the storage, with what seems to be blood on his proper hand, he yelled “die” repeatedly.
In April, Lentz pleaded responsible however mentally unwell to residential housebreaking motivated by bias or hatred and abuse of an older particular person. He instructed the courtroom he was in a manic episode on the time of the assault.
Lentz was launched from custody in 2023 whereas his case progressed, Schwartz stated, noting Lentz stayed out of bother and attended remedy. Ought to he violate his probation, Lentz would go to jail for 12-30 years, Schwartz ordered.
