LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person accused of capturing and killing a 19-year-old was just lately granted parole related 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 fees within the loss of life of Khoice Robertson, information mentioned. On Aug. 29, 2024, Robertson was shot and killed at an residence advanced close to Desert Inn Highway and McLeod Drive. Police recognized Ceniceros as Robertson’s longtime girlfriend.
A witness informed police Robertson was exterior the residence after they heard “two pops,” paperwork mentioned. Earlier than he misplaced consciousness, Robertson informed the witness “some dude walked up to him, asked for his name, then shot him.”
One other witness informed police they noticed a grey truck leaving the residence advanced 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 related to the homicide. Final September, officers stopped a automobile as a part of that investigation. Ceniceros and Smith had been each within the automobile, they mentioned. Contained in the automobile, officers discovered a stolen handgun beneath 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 seemed to be a Black man, police mentioned. Police consider Smith was that particular person.
In December 2019, prosecutors charged Smith with tried homicide, amongst others, for a capturing involving a number of victims, information mentioned. In January 2021, prosecutors and Smith agreed to a sentence of 5 years’ probation must be full sure necessities. In Could 2021, Clark County District Court docket Decide Jerry Wiese sentenced Smith to the phrases of the take care of the warning he would go to jail must be violate these phrases.
Smith informed police he was just lately launched from jail, paperwork mentioned. The Nevada Parole Board granted Smith parole final 12 months 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 circumstances.
Police arrested Ceniceros every week after the homicide, information 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, information mentioned. Ceniceros posted bond the following 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, information mentioned. Wiese then ordered Smith to serve 12-72 months in jail.
Police arrested Smith on Jan. 30, information mentioned. He was denied bail and was scheduled to look in courtroom on Feb. 18.
Fast particulars about Smith’s failure to adjust to the Division of Parole & Probation weren’t clear Thursday.
