Hearing Postponed for Job Corps Murder Suspect
By Josh Premako, 4/05/2012
The court date for Freddy Leyva, charged with stabbing a Hollywood job counselor to death last month, has been continued to April 24.
The plea entry was continued for a status conference to determine Leyva’s mental competency, said Sandi Gibbons, of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.
Leyva, 22, was arrested March 14 at the Hollywood Studio Club on N. Lodi Place, after he allegedly stabbed Dwayne Alexander several times. Alexander, 49, was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Other students reportedly held down Leyva until police officers arrived at the scene.
Leyva is being held at Men’s Central Jail in lieu of $1 million bail, and Los Angeles Police Department detectives are investigating.
Alexander had been a program advisor for about a year and was reportedly well liked by staff and students.
He worked about 25-30 hours per week mentoring students at the dorm, which is home to a little more than 100 students. Business and community liaison Kathy Farrar described Alexander’s role as similar to a resident advisor, overseeing students, assisting them with things they might need and mentoring them.
The Studio Club is a dormitory for students ages 16-24 enrolled in the city’s Job Corps Center training program. Students are admitted based on their academic performance and behavior.
Tags | Dwayne Alexander, Freddy Leyva, Hollywood Studio Club
hi my name is santos flores wen I heard about this I was shocked and very sentimental I known freddy for about 5 to 6 years he is my best friend I met him in highschool he was always there for me he isn’t a kind of person that would do things like that I kno him he was into church a very religious guy if there’s any updates plz let me kno and if anybody knos anythin plz step up
freddy is a sick cold blooded animal , he deserves to die in prison , i was his roomate for three weeks leading up to this incident, and i saw that he knew exactly what he was doing , he took a good mans life for no reason . the last thing he was is relligous.
Thanks Javierl for your comment..I agree. If he was a nice person he wouldnt have killed such a loving sweet man such as Dwayne Alexander who only wanted to help others in his life. I was very close to him and loved very much. He didnt deserve this treatment..NOT AT ALL. His Killer is an animal an deserves the same treatment. He is mentally sick but deserve to stand trial and take his punishment for the crime he committed PERIOD!!!
Please update us on the trial. Thanks