$2M bond set for man accused of killing 16-year-old Cleveland boy, sexually assaulting 16-year-old Cleveland girl

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The man accused of killing a 16-year-old Cleveland boy and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Cleveland girl, was arraigned in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Monday.

Devin Thompson, 29, pleaded not guilty to the following charges:

• Two counts of aggravated murder
• One count of murder
• Two counts of aggravated burglary
• Five counts of rape
• One count of kidnapping
• Two counts of felonious assault
• 13 counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor or impaired person
• 13 counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor
• One count of tampering with evidence
• One count of menacing by stalking
• One count of aggravated menacing

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said, just before 6 a.m. on Oct. 13, Thompson entered a home near Loop Drive and Division Avenue and fatally stabbed Mitanna Penn.

Thompson then allegedly assaulted the 16-year-old girl.

When The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department and Cleveland police arrived at the scene, Penn was pronounced deceased.

Cleveland EMS transported the girl to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Thompson was arrested two days later.

At the time of the incident, Thompson had an active rape warrant for his arrest and had been previously indicted on counts of rape, unlawful conduct with a minor and other charges, said O’Malley.

Thompson is being held on a $2 million bond and will return to court on Oct. 27 for a pre-trial.