{"id":317625,"date":"2026-05-15T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317625\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:57:10","slug":"fresno-judge-keeps-accused-getaway-driver-in-juvenile-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317625\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno judge keeps accused getaway driver in juvenile system"},"content":{"rendered":"

The girl accused of being the getaway driver in the execution-style killing of 18-year-old Caleb Quick last year will remain in the juvenile justice system after a judge on Friday denied the transfer request of the Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Cassie Michael was 16 when she drove her 16-year-old boyfriend<\/a>, Byron Rangel, to a McDonald\u2019s in Clovis, where police say the boy walked up to Quick and shot the 18-year-old in the back of the head.<\/p>\n

Fresno Superior Court Judge Kimberly A. Gaab said the DA\u2019s office did not clear the high bar of proving the teen girl was not able to benefit and mature within the justice system before she turns 25.<\/p>\n

State law requires prosecutors to prove the minor in the case could not be rehabilitated, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of the evidence presented, including by the peoples\u2019 expert, has been to the contrary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The story will be updated.<\/p>\n

\"Stephen Stephen Quick, the father of Caleb Quick, speaks to media outside the Fresno County Courthouse on Friday, May 15, 2026, after a judge decided one of the two teens accused of killing his son will remain in the juvenile justice system. THADDEUS MILLER tmiller@fresonbee.com \"A A white Tesla is shown on a surveillance video after the shooting death of Caleb Quick. CLOVIS POLICE DEPARTMENT <\/p>\n

This story was originally published May 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM.<\/p>\n

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Reporter Thaddeus Miller has covered cities in the central San Joaquin Valley since 2010, writing about everything from breaking news to government and police accountability. A native of Fresno, he joined The Fresno Bee in 2019 after time in Merced and Los Banos.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The girl accused of being the getaway driver in the execution-style killing of 18-year-old Caleb Quick last year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-317625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}