Prosecutors looking to charge teen murder suspect as adult for deadly Sidney stabbing

SIDNEY — Shelby County prosecutors want to charge a 16-year-old murder suspect as an adult.

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Christian Vaughn, 23, was stabbed to death in Sidney in May. On Thursday, the teenager accused of killing Vaughn was in court for the first time since May, and News Center 7 had the only reporter in court.

During the hearing, the judge told the teen, who we are not identifying at this time, about the serious new legal trouble he could be facing.

“The state has filed a motion to transfer this case to the adult court,” Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Jeffrey Beigel said. “What we call binding over the case, and the request to do that is because the state can try you as an adult in adult court.”

As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, if that happens the judge told him the punishment he could face if he’s convicted of murder.

“You would be subject to a mandatory 15 years to life,” Beigel said.

That would be in addition to at least two to eight years if he’s convicted of felonious assault in adult court.

As News Center 7 previously reported, the teen is accused of killing Vaugh and critically wounding another boy in the knife attack. Police said it happened during a “group fight” involving 10 people at a park in May. The fight was caught on surveillance video.

The next day, the teen was the subject of a nine-hour-long standoff at his home in Sidney.

The teen is due back in court next month.

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