Teen Charged for Killing Gay Journalist

The teenage boy accused
of stabbing a New York journalist pleaded not guilty to
second-degree murder and weapons charges on Thursday.

Sixteen-year-old John
Katehis, who was arraigned Wednesday night in Brooklyn, is
being held without bail.

Police say that he
admitted to stabbing George Weber, during a drug-fueled rage,
according to
Newsday

. Katehis allegedly went to Weber's Brooklyn home,
answering an ad on Craigslist to be paid $60 for rough sex.

Kaehis told detectives
that he killed 47-year-old Weber in self-defense. However,
police don't believe the claims since Weber's body was
found bound at the ankles with duct tape, and stabbed about 50
times.

The night of the
stabbing, witnesses said that they saw Katehis pacing outside
of the apartment, and others said they saw him on the train
with a bloody hand, according to WCBS News.

When he reached a
hospital, he told medics that he cut his hand on a bottle.

Katehis's parents
sent their son to stay with family in upstate New York. They
then told police where he was, and he was returned to the city
to enter police custody.

Weber worked at WABC-AM
news in New York. He had also worked on broadcasts in
California, Colorado, and Pennsylvania.