Teen Faces Murder Charge In Othello Stabbing Incident

A 16-year-old boy was charged as an adult this week with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a man in Adams County.

Juan Carlos Rodriguez is accused in Adams County Superior Court of repeatedly stabbing 18-year-old Marcos C. Perez with a small knife during a scuffle Friday evening in Othello.

Perez was airlifted by helicopter to Sacred Heart Medical Center, where he died Saturday.