Convicted murderer Simeon Adams gets 12 years in prior shooting
Teen's sentence will run consecutively to the 55 years he's serving in the murder of Nathan Trapuzzano
A teen serving a 55-year sentence for the 2014 murder of Nathan Trapuzzano was handed a 12-year prison sentence Tuesday in connection with another shooting.
Marion Superior Court Judge Sheila Carlisle on Tuesday sentenced Simeon Adams to 12 years in prison — the maximum under a plea agreement — for aggravated battery and carrying a handgun without a license in the shooting of Erick Bell Douglas.
Adams, 18, shot Douglas in the groin and upper left leg after the two argued on March 30, 2014, near 29th and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. streets according to court records.
Two days later, Adams shot and killed Nathan Trapuzzano during a botched robbery. Trapuzzano was gunned down while he was taking an early-morning walk in the 3500 block of West 16th Street.
Carlisle ordered the new 12-year sentence be served consecutively to the 55 years in prison Adams currently is serving in connection with Trapuzzano's murder.
Trapuzzano worked as an Ivy Tech Community College computer programmer and held degrees in Latin and Greek. He and wife Jennifer were married for almost one year and had been expecting their first child. Jennifer Trapuzzano gave birth to their daughter, Cecelia, three weeks after his death.
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A Star investigation discovered that Adams had violated probation 13 times in the month before Trapuzzano's shooting but still was allowed to remain on house arrest.
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