MARYSVILLE — Two teens have pleaded guilty to gun crimes in connection with a drive-by shooting in Marysville earlier this year.
Nathan Boswell, 18, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for giving a 15-year-old a handgun. The younger boy pleaded guilty to illegal gun possession and reckless endangerment. He was sentenced to 10 days in juvenile detention and 56 hours of community service. He’ll be on probation for six months. The Herald is not naming the boy because he was charged as a juvenile.
The shooting happened Feb. 23 in the 3600 block of 73rd Drive NE in Marysville. Police found 11 shell casings on the roadway. A witness reported seeing the shots come from a car.
Prosecutors alleged that Boswell was behind the wheel. His cousin, 15, was accused of firing the handgun. No one was injured.
Police found the teens a short distance from the house. Their car had a flat tire. They initially denied knowing anything about the gunfire. Officers found a .40-caliber handgun along a fence line near the car.
A man at the house told police he had confronted the 15-year-old about some slashed tires. The boy allegedly said that he would “put a bullet in (the man’s) head,” according to court records. The teen allegedly flashed a gun at the man the day of the shooting.
Boswell pleaded guilty on Aug. 5 to delivery of a gun to an ineligible person, a felony. He was out of custody pending sentencing when he and two others allegedly helped break into a Marysville house. Five guns and a large amount of cash were taken from a safe. A TV and computer monitor also were missing.
Prosecutors last month charged Boswell with first-degree burglary. He remained behind bars on $100,000 bail. He is facing two years in prison if he’s convicted of the Sept. 21 burglary.
Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463; hefley@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @dianahefley.
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