Two young Las Vegas men suspected in a murder near Mission Springs Park in Desert Hot Springs in December have pleaded not guilty to felony charges and are set to make their next court appearance next week.
Emanuel Castaneda, 18, and Carlos Hernandez, 19, were arrested in Las Vegas Jan. 16, when they were initially booked and held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department.
They were subsequently booked into Riverside County jails Monday evening, according to inmate records. Castaneda remains held at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside without bail, but Hernandez was released from the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta Wednesday on a $10,000 bail bond.
Castaneda was charged Jan. 10 with one felony count each of murder and robbery, according to court records. He additionally faces sentence-enhancing allegations of discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury and a special circumstance allegation of murder in commission of a robbery.