Teen Sentenced 18 Months For Role In Tessa Majors Death: Report

UPPER WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN — One of three teenagers involved in the fatal mugging of Barnard College student Tessa Majors has been sentenced to 18 months in a juvenile detention center, according to the New York Times.

The 14-year-old, one of three teens arrested in the case, had pleaded guilty to robbery for his role in the December attack in Morningside Park. He is charged as a juvenile and will undergo mental health counseling and be able to continue his education while serving his time, according to the Times.

The boy, who was 13 when he was arrested, had confessed to police that he and his two friends had gone to the park to rob people, but said he did not lay his hands on Majors or wield the knife that would ultimately kill her, the Times reported.

He had originally been charged with second-degree felony murder, but ultimately pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery under an agreement with prosecutors.

Under the sentence, decided by a Family Court judge, the teenager must serve at least six months and will be credited for the time he has already spent in juvenile detention since being arrested.

The two other teens involved in the case, Luchiano Lewis and Rashaun Weaver, both 14, have been charged as adults with second-degree murder and robbery. Weaver is accused of stabbing the 18-year-old while Lewis is said to have helped restrain her, the Times reports.

Monday's sentence did not satisfy Majors’s family, according to the Times.

“There are no minor actors in the murder of Tess Majors,” the family said in a statement that was read in court. “Tess Majors did not die in an accident."