Local News in Brief : Slaying Suspect Charged

A transient was charged Monday with murdering an 18-year-old rock musician and then stuffing his body into a ventilator shaft at Hollywood High School. Melvin Hemphill, 22, was also charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy on the campus.

Prosecutors said Hemphill sexually assaulted Robbie Campo of New York and then beat him to death May 2. Last Thursday, school district police said they spotted Hemphill sexually assaulting the other youth and arrested him. Police said Hemphill is on probation for a 1987 robbery and sex crime in Cleveland.