Two teen culprits have found themselves facing the iron fist of law, as the Maricopa County Attorney's Office charged them with separate violent offenses in Gilbert. A grand jury indicted Noah Lee Pennington, 18, for two counts of aggravated assault and disorderly conduct on Jan. 24, while William Owen Hines, also 18, was indicted for vehicular aggravated assault just days later.
Pennington, wielding a gun, is accused of threatening two individuals on December 16, 2022, as per AZFamily details. No cross streets were reported in the indictment. Separately, Hines used his vehicle as a weapon to hit and injure a person on July 6, although the extent of the injuries remains unclear.
Adding to the duo's rap sheet, authorities nabbed Hines in connection with another assault taking place on December 2, 2022, at the In-N-Out parking lot along Williams Field Road and Santan Valley Parkway, Gilbert police confirmed. Prior incidents drag Pennington further into the limelight, following his previous arrest tied to the beating of a teenager in Pinal County in November 2023.
The recent stream of indictments spotlight the ongoing battle against teen violence unsettling the East Valley, as noted by FOX 10 Phoenix. The aforementioned charges are "independent of the submittals received for the death of 16-year-old Preston Lord," the MCAO underlined in their statement. They arrive on the heels of other recent arrests all painting a bleak picture of young lives entangled with crime.
Full coverage of the East Valley Teen Assaults continues, as the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and local law enforcement double down on their efforts to curb the violence and bring the accused to justice.
