INVESTIGATION IN STUART ANGELA ROZIER WPBF 25 NEWS. NEW TONIGHT. THE MAN ACCUSED OF BEATING SOMEONE TO DEATH WITH HIS GOLF CLUBS ON A PALM BEACH COUNTY GOLF COURSE WILL STAND TRIAL IN DECEMBER IN 2024, POLICE SAY JUNIOR BELCHER ATTACKED A MAN WITH A GOLF CLUB BEFORE HOLDING HIM UNDER WATER IN A POND AT THE SANDHILL CRANE GOLF CLUB. BELCHER WAS DEEMED COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL. IT WAS A REVERSAL FROM HIS FIRST EVALUATION, WHICH DEEMED HIM
Man accused of fatal golf club attack at Palm Beach County course to stand trial in December
Updated: 8:50 PM EDT May 4, 2026
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Junior Boucher, accused of killing a man at a Palm Beach County golf course, has been deemed competent to stand trial in December. In 2024, police said Boucher attacked Brian Hiltebeitel with a golf club before holding him underwater in a pond at the Sandhill Crane Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens. Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsBoucher was deemed competent to stand trial. It was a reversal from his first evaluation, which deemed him incompetent due to mental illness. The trial is set for Dec. 3. If convicted, Boucher faces life in prison.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —
Junior Boucher, accused of killing a man at a Palm Beach County golf course, has been deemed competent to stand trial in December.
In 2024, police said Boucher attacked Brian Hiltebeitel with a golf club before holding him underwater in a pond at the Sandhill Crane Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens.
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Boucher was deemed competent to stand trial.
It was a reversal from his first evaluation, which deemed him incompetent due to mental illness.
The trial is set for Dec. 3. If convicted, Boucher faces life in prison.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.