No bail for Lynn murder suspect

SALEM – A Superior Court judge ordered a Lynn man held without bail on a murder charge officials said stemmed from a dispute over a pair of children’s sneakers.Isaac Hendricks, 32, of 3 Mace Place, was arraigned Wednesday in Salem Superior Court on a charge of murder. He pleaded not guilty to the charge.Police responded to the Mace Place address at approximately 7:30 a.m. Dec. 22 and found Jonathan Laporte, 26, of Dedham with a stab wound to the chest. Laporte was pronounced dead a few hours later.Attorneys at Hendricks’ arraignment in Lynn District Court agreed the incident began when Hendricks’ wife and Laporte’s girlfriend, Kheysha Torres, got into a fight on Facebook over a pair of children’s sneakers.Hendricks’ wife said Torres had given Hendricks’ daughter a pair of Air Jordans as a gift and then demanded them back. Torres told police the girl had “borrowed” the shoes and wouldn’t return them.Torres and Laporte then came over to the Hendricks’ home and witnesses reported Torres on the porch of the home, screaming and pounding on the door and windows with a baseball bat. Hendricks’ wife then came outside with a machete. Hendricks then allegedly lunged at Laporte, who had come up to the porch, and Laporte was stabbed.Police arrested Hendricks at the scene.Lynn District Court Judge Sabita Singh ordered Hendricks held without bail at his Dec. 23 arraignment for murder. A grand jury on Feb. 20 indicted Isaac Hendricks for murder, moving the case to Superior Court.Hendricks was arraigned on that charge in Essex Superior Court Wednesday. Essex Superior Court Judge John Lu ordered Hendricks held without bail. Hendricks is scheduled to return to superior court April 22.Torres was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon; and vandalism in the incident. Singh ordered Torres held on $10,000 cash bail at her Dec. 23 arraignment in Lynn District Court. Lu later eliminated the cash bail but ordered Torres to stay away and have no contact with the named witnesses and victims, according to an Essex District Attorney spokesperson.Torres is scheduled to return to Lynn District Court April 22.Hendricks’ attorney could not be reached Wednesday afternoon but argued during Hendricks’ district court arraignment that his client was defending himself and his family.