COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A 16-year-old Nebraska boy has pleaded guilty in the slaying of a 38-year-old Council Bluffs man. Pottawattamie County District Court records say Xavier Smith-Catchings, of Omaha, entered a written plea Wednesday to a charge of second-degree murder. Prosecutors lowered the charge in exchange for his plea. He and three men were charged with killing Adam Angeroth in January. Smith-Catchings' filing says he's agreed to be sentenced to 50 years and must serve a minimum of 10 years. The filing says the judge isn't bound by the agreement, so if the judge gives Smith-Catchings the maximum, Smith-Catchings may withdraw his plea. The judge had ruled that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/6d2ea941ad734e2fab28a7ebd97310e1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">Smith-Catchings' case</a>&nbsp;remain in in district court because it was unlikely he'd be rehabilitated in the juvenile system. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/crime/three-receive-prison-sentences-for-murder-of-council-bluffs-man/article_961e26c9-05f6-5db6-bf30-76458419d2a6.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">Daily Nonpareil reports</a>&nbsp;that Nicholas Haner, of Harlan; Ryan McDonald, of Glenwood; and Liam Stec, of Omaha, Nebraska, were sentenced earlier this week to 50 years. They all pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after prosecutors lowered the charge.

Nebraska teen takes plea deal in Council Bluffs slaying