LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) — Two men accused of murder during an armed robbery appeared in court Thursday.
Prosecutors said three males, including two teens, followed the victim and his friends from a check cashing business before killing one of the men.
Both 19-year-old Daniel Meza-Ortega and 21-year-old Ervin Ortega-Rodriguez were arraigned in Clark County District Court.
“One count conspiracy to commit robbery. Three counts robbery with the use of a deadly weapon. One count murder with use of a deadly weapon,” Judge Carli Kierny read in court on Thursday, listing some of the charges.
They are each facing 16 criminal charges and entered their pleas of not guilty.
This stems from a Jan. 26 robbery near Maryland Parkway and Tropicana Avenue. A 16-year-old was also arrested.
Surveillance video 8 News Now obtained captures three men leaving a check cashing business.
According to grand jury testimony, Ortega-Rodriguez told police, “Basically surveil some people at a check cashing place. They then followed them. The plan was to follow them and rob them.”