APD OFFICER DOMINIQUE PEREZ AND RETIRED DETECTIVE KEITH SANDY WILL STAND TRIAL FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF JAMES BOYD LAST YEAR. THAT DECISION TUESDAY FROM DISTRICT JUDGE NEIL CANDELARIA FOLLOWING A SEVEN DAY PRELIMINARY HEARING. THE JUDGE SAYS THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE ON ALL THE COUNTS. CANDELARIA HAD EARLIER DISMISSED INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICERS. THE JUDGE SAYS ARRAIGNMENT WILL BE SCHEDULED LATER. BOYD WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE FOLLOWING A LENGTHY STANDOFF IN THE FOOTHILLS IN MARCH OF 2014.
