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Third man charged in connection to murder of Fall River teen held on $500,000 cash bail

FALL RIVER — A third Fall River man arrested in connection with last week’s shooting death of 18-year-old Resiliency Preparatory Academy student Colus Jamal Mills-Good was arraigned in Fall River District Court on Wednesday on a charge of accessory to murder after the fact. He was ordered held on $500,000 cash bail. 

 

Jadyn Ortiz, 19, was given double the amount of cash bail than his alleged accomplices, Xzavien Figueroa-Valcarel, 19, and Giovanni Nunes, 18, who were arraigned Tuesday on the same charge. 

 

The two men were each ordered held on $250,000 cash bail; Figueroa-Valcarel, who has a pending case of illegally possessing ammunition, had his bail revoked in that case. 

 

Fall River District Court Judge David P. Sorrenti also revoked Ortiz’s bail from three pending criminal cases the 19-year-old is facing in District Court, in addition to the latest criminal charge.

 

Read more from Jo C. Goode at heraldnews.com.

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