Tag Archives: Alex Medina

Justice for teen killers in the U.S…and Mexico

In Ventura County in Southern California, Alex Medina, found guilty by a jury of killing another Ojai teenager, Seth Scarminach,for the benefit of a street gang, was sentenced to twenty-six years to life this week.   Eighteen-year-old Alex Medina received the maximum sentence today for the murder of an Ojai teen in 2009. Medina wasContinue reading “Justice for teen killers in the U.S…and Mexico”

Murder or wilderness? A choice for October

Have been distracted from the PCT by a reporting assignment — covering a murder trial. Alex Medina, age eighteen, is on trial for the killing of Seth Scarminach, age sixteen at the time of his death 2009. Here's a story I wrote for the local paper on this for Wednesday: An eyewitness to a slayingContinue reading “Murder or wilderness? A choice for October”