WESTFIELD – At Thursday’s scheduled hearing in Westfield District Court on assault & battery and serious bodily injury charges against a Westfield State student in September, Keva M. Clay, Jr., 21 receiving a continuation without a finding for one year, according to his attorney Christopher D. Parker of New Britain, CT. If Clay meets all conditions, after a year the charges are dismissed, Parker said.
The hearing for the other defendant, Ryan S. Wilson, 21 is scheduled for Feb. 19. The cases are separated because the two representing attorneys didn’t coordinate dates, Parker said.
According to the Westfield police incident report on September 1, Willis, 21, a Westfield resident, was arrested on charges of armed assault in dwelling and assault and battery with serious injury (accomplice) and Clay, of Wethersfield, Ct., was arrested on charges of assault and battery with serious injury and armed assault in dwelling, male victim transported to Baystate Noble Hospital. Both defendants and the victim were Westfield State students at the time of the arrest.
Subsequent to the arrest, Willis withdrew from the University for unrelated reasons, according to a statement that he made to The Westfield News after a November 5 hearing on the matter. Clay, just graduated in December with a degree in business marketing.
At a December 18 hearing for Clay, Parker told the court that his client was waiting for medical records from the victim as there were “supposed to be serious injuries.” The court clerk said they did not have the medical records. The case was then continued by agreement until Thursday’s date.
