Judge approves transfer of convicted teen

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A Judge has approved the transfer of a Pullman teenager convicted of killing another teen, to a halfway house in Boise.

Latah County 2nd District Court Judge John Judge approved the transfer of Keagan Tennant, who shot and killed Pullman High School senior Timothy Reeves in July 2017.

Latah County Public Defender Deborah McCormick, asked Judge during a court hearing July 2 that Tennant be moved to the Mana program in Boise for three months, where he would be allowed to find a job, locate housing and eventually become a member of the community.

Tennant was convicted of killing Reeves during a camping trip east of Troy. Tennant and Matthew McKetta — who pleaded guilty to felony counts of destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy — then hid Reeves’ body and fled to Curlew, Washington, about 10 miles south of the Canadian border. Tennant also stole a car at gunpoint before being arrested in northeastern Washington.

Tennant was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for felony convictions, including involuntary manslaughter; aggravated assault; principal to destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence; and principal to robbery. He was placed in the state’s juvenile corrections custody until he turns 21, at which time, or before, the court can determine the next course of action.

Tennant has spent the past 14 months in juvenile custody in Lewiston. (Lewiston Tribune)

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