L-R: Alejandro Cantu, Gustavo Cantu and Jacob Ventura (Photos source: Brown County Jail)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – After one of the suspects in Green Bay murder gave a statement to police implicating his co-defendants, a separate trial was ordered Tuesday.
Gustavo Cantu, Alejandro Cantu and Jacob Ventura are each charged with being party to the crime of first-degree intentional homicide for the shooting death of Randall Denny at Perkins and Western avenues on April 30, 2022. Police have said the murder appeared to be tied a drug deal.
The three had been slated to stand trial together Sept. 9. However, Ventura recently gave a statement to police implicating the other two, his attorney, Angela Cunningham, said in court Tuesday.
Cunningham and District Attorney David Lasee argued that change required the severing of Ventura’s case. One of the Cantu’s attorneys agreed with that position, and the other didn’t oppose the motion. Judge Thomas Walsh then ordered the separate trial for Ventura.
No trial date was set for Ventura, as Cunningham also said the case could be resolved short of trial.
As of now, the Cantus remain scheduled for the trial next month. A three-week trial is planned.
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