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Jacob Streat Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case | Boise News
Twenty-three-year-old Jacob Streat just entered a not guilty plea to first-degree murder in the January killing of 27-year-old Israel Trejo outside a McDonald’s in Meridian. What started as a second-degree murder charge was upgraded in March, and Streat waived his right to a speedy trial—setting his trial for mid-January, expected to last two weeks. The defense argues Streat acted in self-defense after Trejo allegedly spat on him during a road rage incident, while prosecutors paint a different picture: witness testimony and video show Streat harassing Trejo on the freeway, and that he pulled…
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