MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — Two more teens have been indicted in connection with ongoing teen violence investigations in the East Valley, according to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said Tyler Allen Freeman, 17, and William Owen Hines, 18, are facing charges in connection with an assault at a party that happened on Nov. 22, 2022.
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Hines was also indicted in a case in which he allegedly harmed someone with a vehicle in a July 2023 incident, and in connection with an assault at an In-N-Out in December 2022.
Mitchell announced the new indictments against the two on Wednesday but did not elaborate further on the details of the assault.
Freeman is facing one count of aggravated assault with a dangerous instrument, a Class 3 dangerous felony; one count of aggravated assault, a Class 6 felony; and one count of assault, a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Freeman is also facing charges connected with other cases in the ongoing teen violence investigations. He has been charged as an adult.
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Hines is facing one count of aggravated assault, a Class 6 felony.
Mitchell said these indictments are "independent of the submittals received for the death of 16-year-old Preston Lord."
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