Published Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 | 11:19 a.m.
Updated Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 | 7:09 p.m.
Six men charged in the slaying of an off-duty Metro Police officer pleaded not guilty Tuesday during an arraignment in Clark County District Court.
They are being held in the death of officer Trevor Nettleton, a 30-year-old former Marine who was shot Nov. 19 in the garage of his North Las Vegas home in what police say was an attempted robbery.
Prentice Marshall, 18, Saul Williams Jr., 20, Quadrae Scott, 18, Adrian Pena, 18, and brothers Emmitt Ferguson, 18, and Michael Ferguson, 25, all pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
District Court Judge Jennifer Togliatti presided during the arraignment.
Marshall, Williams, Scott and Pena are charged with murder with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary while in possession of a firearm and attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, all with criminal gang enhancement.
Emmitt and Michael Ferguson each face charges of accessory to murder and conspiracy to commit an act for the perversion or corruption of public justice or the due administration of law, also with gang enhancements.
Williams, Scott and Marshall also face robbery charges in connection with a separate incident in which a 19-year-old man’s iPod and backpack were taken at gunpoint shortly before Nettleton’s shooting. That robbery happened not far from where Nettleton lived, police said.
Nettleton was killed in an exchange of gunfire at his home in the 1100 block of Emerald Stone Avenue, near Lone Mountain Road and Donna Street.
Nettleton, who had been a Metro officer for three years, was not wearing his uniform at the time of the shooting, police said.
Marshall, the alleged triggerman, was shot in the testicles and was later arrested at University Medical Center, police said.
At the arraignment, Marshall waved his right to a speedy trial. A status check for the defendants will be held before District Court Judge David T. Wall at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 6.
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