Shuffler plea rejected, trial set
KINGMAN – Trial has been scheduled next spring after local attorneys informed the Court that they’ve been unable to reach an acceptable plea agreement in the adult prosecution of a Kingman teenager charged in the deaths and injuries of fellow Lee Williams High School student athletes. Defense attorney Brad Rideout rejected separate state offers to resolve the case against Brady Shuffler in a plea deal subjecting the 16-year-old to a mandatory 16-year sentence or allowing Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle to select from a 16- to 24-year prison range. Carlisle scheduled Shuffler’s trial to start April 29 next year…