{"id":206,"date":"2025-09-29T15:55:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:56:55","slug":"las-vegas-teens-accused-in-deadly-crime-spree-appear-to-laugh-in-courtroom-smile-at-victims-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/las-vegas-teens-accused-in-deadly-crime-spree-appear-to-laugh-in-courtroom-smile-at-victims-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas teens accused in deadly crime spree appear to laugh in courtroom, smile at victim\u2019s family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) \u2013 Two Las Vegas teens facing murder charges in connection with the death of a bicyclist appeared in court this week as a judge set their trial date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A grand jury indicted Jesus Ayala, 18, and Jzamir Keys, 16, on Tuesday morning. The two are accused of stealing at least three cars, burglarizing a home, hitting another car on the road, and striking two bicyclists in separate incidents during an hours-long crime spree in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 72-year-old man survived the first hit-and-run. The other man \u2014 retired California police chief Andreas Probst, 64 \u2014 did not survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In court on Tuesday, Ayala and Keys appeared to smile at the widow and daughter of Probst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey started trying to intimidate us, mad-dog us,\u201d Taylor Probst, the victim\u2019s daughter, said. \u201cThese guys, they did not respect the court whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teens also appeared to communicate with each other and, at times, cover their faces. Video from inside the courtroom appears to show them laughing at one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New video shows Las Vegas teens\u2019 first alleged intentional hit-and-run<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Monday, Nexstar\u2019s KLAS obtained additional evidence at the center of the case that included body-camera video in the moments after Ayala was taken into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a [expletive] hit and run, slap on the wrist,\u201d Ayala is heard telling a Las Vegas Metro police officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Probst said she believed the evidence would help in the prosecution of the teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt shows that they really have no remorse, that this is just a game to them. Like they don\u2019t, they really don\u2019t care if anyone else lives or dies,\u201d she said. \u201cThey don\u2019t care about themselves if they live or die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also said she believed that the teens\u2019 parents were to blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA multitude of different people failed, but I think ultimately the parents, they\u2019re the ones who failed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andreas Probst\u2019s widow, Crystal Probst, plans to continue to attend the teens\u2019 court appearances with Taylor Probst to seek justice and to also put a face on a victim of the teens\u2019 alleged crimes. Crystal Probst is also wearing her late husband\u2019s Apple watch to court \u2014 the same watch he was wearing when he was struck in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKeeping him close reminds me he\u2019s here with me in the courthouse, you know, to fight for him,\u201d Crystal Probst said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caught on camera: \u2018Not that serious\u2019 said teen accused of intentional hit-and-run in Las Vegas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both of the accused teens, who were minors at the time of the crash, are being tried in the adult court system. A district judge has set their trial date for Sept. 16, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Probst told reporters she wants the teens to receive the death penalty. However, that is not possible as they were juveniles at the time of the alleged crime spree.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) \u2013 Two Las Vegas teens facing murder charges in connection with the death of a bicyclist appeared in court this week as a judge set their trial date. A grand jury indicted Jesus Ayala, 18, and Jzamir Keys, 16, on Tuesday morning. The two are accused of stealing at least three cars, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}