Couple to remain jailed until hit-and-run murder trial

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A couple accused of intentionally running down a black teenager will remain behind bars until the outcome of a murder trial.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2gzHX0T ) that a judge sided with prosecutors who argued Monday that 35-year-old Colleen Hunt should stay in jail. Prosecutors played a surveillance video of the August incident, the first time the chilling footage was shown in public.

Authorities say Hunt encouraged her boyfriend, 38-year-old Russell Courtier, to drive his Jeep into 19-year-old Larnell Bruce Jr.. after the two men scuffled outside a 7-Eleven in Gresham. Authorities say race was a motivating factor in the attacks.

Hunt and Courtier have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and intimidation, a hate crime.

Courtier did not request release from jail pending the August 2017 trial.

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Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com