Nine people have pleaded not guilty and a federal judge set a January trial date Wednesday for the defendants charged in the Fourth of July shooting at an ICE detention center.
Benjamin Song, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda and Savanna Batten entered their pleas in a brief hearing in Fort Worth federal court Wednesday. Autumn Hill, Zachary Evetts, Ines Soto, Elizabeth Soto and Daniel Sanchez Estrada pleaded not guilty in the weeks prior and waived their arraignments.
All will go to trial in Fort Worth Jan. 5. Their charges range in severity based on their alleged roles leading up to the night an Alvarado police officer was nonfatally shot outside the Prairieland Detention Center…