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Murder charged in death at Spokane party

The Columbian
Published: March 21, 2012, 5:00pm

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An 18-year-old accused of punching a man as he tried to break up a party near Spokane was charged with second-degree murder after the man died.

Treven Lewis is held on $500,000 bail, and The Spokesman-Review reports (http://is.gd/Zxf0bI ) his next court date is Tuesday in Spokane.

Authorities say Frank James Motta had been asked to keep an eye on a neighbor’s house while she was out of town. Her teenager was having a party March 10 and Motta was trying to break it up when he was fatally injured.

Lewis says he punched Motta to protect his pregnant girlfriend.

The 65-year-old Motta died March 15. He was Vietnam War veteran and former principal of Finley High School who recently worked as a patient advocate at Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com

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