U. of Okla. freshman, 19, elected mayor of Muskogee May 14, 2008

MUSKOGEE, Okla.—A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state.

With all precincts reporting, John Tyler Hammons won with 70 percent of the vote over former Mayor Hershel Ray McBride, said Muskogee County Election Board Secretary Bill Bull.

“The public placing their trust in me is the greatest, humbling and most awesome experience I’ve ever had in my life,” said Hammons, who is from Muskogee but attends the university in Norman.

The two candidates squared off in a runoff election for the nonpartisan post after neither secured 50 percent of the vote in a six-person election April 1.

Hammons, who will be sworn in next week, said he plans to continue his college education but expects to transfer to a school closer to Muskogee.

“Being elected does not change my desire to continue my education,” he said. “We will schedule our time in an appropriate fashion so that I can be mayor and stay in school.”

Hammons replaces Wren Stratton, who decided not to seek re-election after one term.

The mayor leads the nine-member city council and serves as a voting member. Hammons said a key to his platform that resonated with voters was openness of government and keeping citizens better informed of city operations.

“I think that’s been a detriment to the trust of the citizens of Muskogee,” he said. “Once we have that trust, we can solve any other problem.”

Secret Hotels of the Greek Isles May 14, 2008

If you’re seeking peace, quiet, and a killer tan, look no further than the islands of Páros and Antiparos.

PÁROS
Hotel Petres
Cléa Chatzinikolakis knows the island’s secrets–and she can share them in five languages: Greek, English, French, Italian, and Arabic. Over a welcome drink, Cléa pulls out a map and tells guests where to swim if they want a little privacy (”Park here and follow the rope through the trees”) and which taverna serves the best grilled fish (Mitsis, in Little Venice, one of three bays in the town of Naoussa). The only problem with following her advice is that it means leaving the haven she and her husband, Sotiris, have created–a place where it’s very tempting to spend the day just lounging around the pool or playing tennis on the artificial-grass court. A former ad executive (Cléa) and production manager (Sotiris) at McCann Erickson in Athens, the Chatzinikolakises bought the property about a mile and a half outside Naoussa with the intention of building a summer home. But they decided they wanted to spend more time on Páros, so they opened Petres in 1994. All 16 rooms and the one suite have views of the sea. The couple’s flair and attention to detail are visible everywhere, from the threshing boards they’ve turned into coffee tables; to the shells, icons, and evil-eye talismans in unexpected corners; to the fact that the Jacuzzi in the fitness center has a view of the sea and the steam room looks out to the mountains. Each morning, a buffet breakfast with homemade savory pies and strong coffee is served poolside. 011-30/22840-52467, petres.gr, from $98, includes breakfast, open mid-April to mid-October.

Maryo Village
A half-mile outside Naoussa, the 12-room Maryo Village is named for the owner’s grandmother–but that’s the only grandmotherly thing about it. First opened in 1986, the hotel was renovated in 2002 and is decorated in a Poseidon-meets-Philippe Starck vibe. The combination of Greek and chic is evident on the large terrace, where an infinity pool overlooks the countryside and sea. Next to the pool is an outdoor bar area with rattan sofas and white canvas cushions, colorful glass lanterns, and chess and backgammon boards. The hotel feels like a private club, not least because its entrance is at the end of a winding road, unmarked, and hard to find. “We had a sign, but it blew away so many times that after the last big winds, we felt bad for it,” says manager Mania Simitzi, explaining why the sign was never put back up again. “Besides, most of our guests are repeat visitors, so they know where to go.” Rooms at Maryo Village have televisions, mosquito-net canopies over the built-in beds, a wash of bright blue or red on the walls, and balconies. Katerina, a double, and Maryo, a minisuite (the chaise makes it suitable for three) have the best views of both the sea and the courtyard. 011-30/22840-51972, maryovillage.gr, from $104, includes breakfast, open April to mid-October.

Heaven Naoussa

Lennart Pihl, a hotelier and antiques collector, opened Heaven Naoussa five years ago near the heart of Naoussa. “It’s more of a bed-and-breakfast, really,” says Pihl, explaining that guests tend not to stay put during the day. Instead, they hop on one of the small fishing boats that make frequent runs from the harbor to nearby swimming spots, including Kolymbithres, a series of shallow bays created by volcanic-rock deposits, and Monastiri, a popular beach at the foot of a cliff that’s topped with a monastery. Heaven’s four rooms, five suites, and two maisonettes (two-bedroom apartments with kitchenettes and a shared plunge pool) have private balconies and are filled with antiques. Martina Blair, the manager, offers advice on where to eat and what to see and do. She also makes arrangements for the daily in-room breakfast (usually set up on the balcony) of yogurt, fruit, honey, muesli, coffee, and juice. 011-30/22840-51549, heaven-naoussa.gr, from $98, includes breakfast, open June to October.

Lefkes Village
Lefkes was the original capital of Páros, chosen because its inland, hilltop location stymied pirates. It’s one of the most beautiful towns in Greece, with views of the sea, the church of Agia Triada at the very peak, and windmills that dot the countryside. Lefkes Village resort, within walking distance of town, was built in 1995. The reception area and restaurant were modeled on Lefkes’s neoclassical kafenia (coffee shops); instead of old men sipping ouzo, its pergola shelters guests as they lounge around the pool. In the evening, the restaurant serves local specialties (such as paximadokoulouro, cheese-and-tomato salad on rusk, a kind of biscuit), while George Pittas, who co-owns the hotel with a cousin, plays DJ. Lefkes Village also features a dovecote where grapes are stomped during the late-summer wine-making season and a folk museum with a collection of old photos, urns, and tools. All of the 20 rooms (14 doubles and triples, and six duplex family rooms) have either a balcony or terrace. 011-30/22840-41827, lefkesvillage.gr, from $117, includes breakfast, open April to early October.

Albatross Bungalows
“We want everyone to leave with the best impressions, not just of the hotel, but of Páros,” says Stella Logaridou, owner of Albatross Bungalows, which her family opened in 1992 on the east side of the island, in the town of Logaras. To that end, she’ll arrange sailing, fishing, sea kayaking, and more. Logaridou cheerfully oversees all the minutiae involved in running the property: making sure the TV room is stocked with children’s DVDs, sourcing the yogurt served at breakfast from a small farm in northern Greece, and making note of guest preferences. “For the past six years, the Dimitriades family has wanted Room 317,” she says, showing off the view from the balcony to the mountaintop monastery of Agios Antonios. All but 10 of the 36 rooms have sea views, but Logaridou notes, pointing at the village of Marpissa seen from Room 205, “The sea views aren’t necessarily the best.” Each room has a terrace and deftly combines old-world charm–evident in details such as the curtains embroidered by Logaridou’s godmother–with modern conveniences like A/C and a television. 011-30/22840-41157, albatross.gr, from $75, open May to October.

ANTIPAROS
Kastro Apartments
If Páros is the perfect honeymoon destination, Antiparos (with only a thousand full-time residents) is the ideal spot to bring the kids years later. “It’s a family island,” says Magda Maounis, who runs Kastro Apartments with her husband, Markos. To say the Maounises are accommodating would be an understatement. They’ll take the ferry across to Páros to pick up guests who are in danger of missing the last boat (they can cajole the captains into waiting). They insist on meeting visitors at the harbor, so they won’t get lost on the two-minute drive to the hotel. They’ll organize cooking classes and sunset cruises and even plan weddings. The eight studios and six larger apartments are sparely furnished, but all have sea views. The hotel is steps from two sandy beaches, and it’s a short walk down a cobblestoned street from charming Antiparos town. 011-30/22840-61011, antiparosgreece.com, from $52, open April to mid-October.

Oliaros Studios
Oliaros is the ancient Greek name for Antiparos, so it’s appropriate that the eight rooms at Oliaros Studios are very traditional, with terraces, whitewashed walls, embroidered curtains, blue doors and shutters, and folk art on the walls, as well as kitchenettes, satellite TV, and air-conditioning. There are three doubles and five duplexes with two beds downstairs and a master bedroom on a mezzanine (or vice versa). The owner, Vassilis Germanopoulos, runs the family hotel on property his grandfather bought right above Agios Giorgos beach at the southern tip of the island. Germanopoulos’s youthful energy is evident in the popular sea-kayaking excursions he organizes from Oliaros out to the sea caves of Antiparos and the uninhabited satellite island of Despotiko, with its many archaeological excavations. 011-30/22840-25305, oliaros.gr, from $75, open May to October.

Lilly’s Island
“Here, people really to come to relax,” says Lilly Arber, describing both the Jimmy Buffett–esque vibe of Antiparos and the feel of her hotel. A Swiss interior designer who met her Greek husband, Derek, on her first night of a vacation in Greece, Lilly believes she was fated to build a home on Antiparos. “It was kismet,” she says. “Even coming over on the ferry, I loved the feeling of escaping to this small island.” The hotel’s four doubles, five studios (one room with three beds), and three 2-bedroom apartments have verandas; several have two, “to catch both the morning and evening sun,” explains Lilly. Views vary: Room 15 has a marvelous sea view, while Room 8 lacks one. There are also two freestanding houses within the complex: Romantic House, a snug double; and Sweet House, which sleeps as many as four in its bedroom and sitting room. In the morning, guests gather around the pool for a breakfast of homemade marmalades and cakes. Afterward, they walk five minutes to the beach or hitch a ride with Lilly and Derek to swimming spots farther away. At 9:30 p.m., after the pool bar closes, guests wander down the path leading to town, in search of the restaurants Lilly has recommended: Sifneiko for sunset drinks and “the best pizza anywhere,” and Tsipouradiko for Greek mezes (small plates) enjoyed while looking over the harbor. 011-30/22840-61411, lillysisland.com, from $65, open May to October.

Páros and Antiparos: Getting There and Around
Olympic Airlines flies several times a day from Athens to Páros (olympicairlines.com, from $75 each way, 45 minutes). Lots of ferry companies make the run between the Athenian port of Piraeus and Páros harbor at least twice a day. Hellenic Seaways’ three-hour superfast ferry is the quickest (hellenicseaways.gr, $57; book online, then pick tickets up in person at Piraeus).

Both local and worldwide car rental outfits are well represented on Páros. But if you require an automatic transmission, rent a Smart car, which you can drive as either an automatic or a manual shift (paros-smartclub.gr, from $35 per day).

A seven-minute ferry ride brings passengers from the town of Pounta on the southern coast of Páros to Antiparos harbor, with departures roughly every half hour (no reservations are necessary, passengers 75¢, cars $8). The main drag in Antiparos town is home to several places where you can rent cars, mopeds, and bikes.

Note: This story was accurate when it was published. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

Busy travelers forget toddler at airport, fly on May 14, 2008

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)– An immigrant family left a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip.

Jun Parreno, the boy’s father, told The Vancouver Sun the mix-up occurred Monday as he, his wife and two grandparents of the child, J.M., were scrambling between their arrival in Canada and a connecting flight to Winnipeg on Air Canada.

Running late after having to unpack and repack all their luggage, “we had 10 minutes before boarding,” said Parreno, who was emigrating with his family from the Philippines. “We were running for the gate.”

He said he thought his son was with the three other adults, who were running to the gate ahead of him, and they thought the little boy was with him.

Instead, in a scenario similar to the movie “Home Alone,” the toddler was wandering alone between a security checkpoint and the flight gates, said Angela Mah, an Air Canada representative.

“We were called by [security] who told us one of the security people had a toddler in tow,” Mah said. “He doesn’t speak English, so we found a Tagalog-speaking agent who has been looking after him.”

There was no boarding pass for the youngster because he did not have a separately assigned seat, so there was no indication in the airline’s computer system that someone had missed a flight, nor had there been any panicked calls from anyone on a flight missing a child, Mah said.

That’s because the family was scattered in different parts of the plane to Winnipeg and still didn’t know the child had been left.

Air Canada staff began checking flights that had left, and “we eventually determined who his parents might be … and the flight crew talked to them,” Mah said. “They didn’t realize until then that the baby had been left behind.

“We’re not aware of this ever happening on an Air Canada flight before.”

The parents were put into telephone contact with the little boy, and Parreno was put on another Air Canada plane to return to Vancouver to get him after the family’s flight arrived in Winnipeg, with the airline covering the cost of the two additional flights, she said.

Parreno had tears in his eyes when he returned to Winnipeg holding his son.

“I am relieved everything is OK … but I was shocked,” he said. “The staff at Air Canada took good care of him.”

Red Sox Pitcher Buchholz Goes on DL with Broken Nail May 14, 2008

BALTIMORE (AP) — Clay Buchholz was put on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday by the Boston Red Sox because of a broken nail on his right middle finger.

The Red Sox filled his roster spot by recalling outfielder Jonathan Van Every from Triple-A Pawtucket. Van Every made his major league debut Wednesday as Boston’s starting center fielder against the Baltimore Orioles.

Buchholz, who had been scheduled to start Sunday against Milwaukee, was put on the DL retroactive to Tuesday, the day after he yielded seven runs in 4 1-3 innings at Minnesota.

“I’ve had a fingernail bend, but never one that just came off. It went all the way off and I just had to end up tearing it off,” he said. “It was really tender toward the end of the outing. Yesterday and today, it feels fine. I feel like I could throw.”

But the Red Sox decided to be careful with the 22-year-old, who last year pitched a no-hitter against Baltimore.

“The thing that we were concerned about there is that it was going to alter how he threw,” said Brad Mills, Boston’s acting manager during the absence of Terry Francona. “He’s going to need some time anyway to have that fingernail heal.”

Buchholz is 2-3 with a 5.53 ERA. He yielded 12 runs and 18 hits over 8 1-3 innings in his last two starts.

“I could only feel it when I threw fastballs, so that’s why we strayed away from throwing fastballs and went to a lot of changeups and curveballs,” he said. “Whenever they did call a fastball, I tried to throw it as hard as I could because regardless of how much pressure I put on it, I could feel the pain. I just tried to let it go and most of the time, the pitch wasn’t where I intended to throw it.”

Buchholz understood the reason he was placed on the disabled list, but wasn’t happy about the pending inactivity.

“They don’t want me to be compensating for anything else and end up hurting something. Shoulder, elbow, whatever. I’ve got to do what they tell me to do,” he said. “I don’t like not being able to pitch for a couple of weeks but it is what it is. We’ve got a couple of people who have done down with injuries, so I’ve got to bide time.”

The 27-year-old Van Every was batting .287 with six homers and 20 RBIs in 40 games with the Paw Sox. He was signed as a free agent in December after spending seven seasons in the Cleveland Indians‘ organization.

“This is my eighth season. There have been may trials and tribulations,” Van Every said. “You work hard and hope.”

But if he had to do it over, he wouldn’t change a thing.

“I’m with the reigning world champions,” Van Every said. “I think I made a good decision.”

He was stunned to learn he was in the starting lineup as a replacement for Coco Crisp, who left Tuesday’s game with an upset stomach.

“I found out five minutes ago,” Van Every said two hours before game time. “It was kind of a shock. I wasn’t expecting to play.”

Mills put the rookie in center because Jacoby Ellsbury can play right field for injured J.D. Drew (wrist).

“(Van Every) played every game in center field at Pawtucket, and we didn’t want him to make his major league debut out of position,” Mills said.

Top-ranked Tennis Pro Justine Henin abruptly retires May 14, 2008

LIMELETTE, Belgium (AP) — The fire burned fiercely within the slight frame of Justine Henin, always bent on winning yet another Grand Slam title by outfighting opponents far bigger, far stronger, time and again.

Then, one day, the fire was gone.

At 25, after half a year of seeking to rekindle that flame, the seven-time major champion finally accepted that it was out forever, announcing her decision Wednesday to leave the sport as the No. 1 player in the world.

“I always based everything on this motivation, this flame that was in me. And once I lost that, I lost many, many things,” Henin said during a farewell news conference which had far more smiles than tears.

Her departure was as abrupt to the rest of the world as it seemed inevitable to her.

The Belgian won 10 tournaments last year, including the last two of seven majors. But since beating Maria Sharapova in the longest three-set final in the history of the Sony Ericsson Championships, it took something out of her that never came back.

She started to find it an ever bigger chore to pack bags. Her legs felt heavy when she should have been dancing in the backcourt, ready to turn another backhand into a winner.

When she was hurt, deep down, she would no longer mind the injury lingering. Ever since being discovered as a child prodigy, tennis was everything and, now, tennis said it was over.

“Everything became harder,” she said. “I felt deep inside, something was getting out of my grasp.”

She lost to Sharapova 6-4, 6-0 at the Australian Open and was stunned 6-2, 6-0 by Serena Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open in April, the worst loss for a top-ranked player in nine years.

At last week’s German Open, Henin was upset 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 by Dinara Safina.

“At the end of the match in Berlin, (retirement) all of a sudden was there as something evident,” Henin said. “I decided to stop fooling myself and accept it.”

Henin is the first woman to quit the sport while ranked No. 1, according to the WTA Tour.

Her announcement came a day after one of the greatest female golfers in history said she’s quitting: Annika Sorenstam, owner of 10 major titles and one of six women to complete a career Grand Slam in her sport, is walking away at the end of the season.

Henin, though, won’t have any sort of farewell tour. She is quitting immediately.

“I had reached my limits, and I feel strong and relieved that I could take this decision,” Henin told the Associated Press. “There are plenty of things that I can do. There are no regrets. I did everything I had to do in tennis.”

Henin, who has battled through injuries and a divorce, had a standout season in 2007, winning two Grand Slams, eight other tour titles and more than US$5 million.

Dressed in a simple white T-shirt, jeans and black belt, and her brown hair in a ponytail, she spoke in French for nine minutes before taking questions. She never lost her composure and held the microphone firmly.

As ever, her coach Carlos Rodriguez, was close by. He broke down in tears, saying, “Because of her, I am somebody.”

In addition to her four French Open titles, Henin also won the Australian Open in 2004, and the U.S. Open in 2003 and 2007. The only Grand Slam title to elude Henin is Wimbledon, where she was runner-up in 2001 and 2006.

“Winning Wimbledon would not make me happier than I am,” she said. “I could never dream of Wimbledon. It was destiny. I didn’t feel myself capable. It was too much for me.”

Winning again at Roland Garros would make no difference either, however much she loves the tournament. She dedicated her first victory there to her mother, whom she lost at 12 to cancer.

And winning there last year, consecrated a reunion with her father and the rest of the family, from which she lived separated for almost a decade.

“That was awesome. It was a great feeling and I am going to keep that feeling forever now,” she said.

Adding another title would have done little.

“I won Roland Garros four times, three times in a row. I don’t have to live that moment again. I know how it was,” she said.

Throughout her career, Henin has had to beat the odds.

With her 1.66-meter (5-foot-5) frame, she had to battle the giants in the game. With a superb one-handed backhand, amazing speed and endless determination, she rose to the top of the sport.

“She always challenged herself to play her best tennis no matter what the circumstances. She was just a real fighter, so I think that was really what made her best,” Venus Williams said.

“Justine Henin will be remembered as one of the all-time great champions in women’s tennis, and a woman who made up for her lack of size with a will to win and fighting spirit that was second to none,” WTA Tour CEO Larry Scott said in a statement. “It is rare that an athlete leaves at the very top of her game in this day and age, but Justine has always played by her own rules, in the very best sense of those words.”

After losing her mother, Henin reunited with her father and family last year after almost a decade of separation. During her difficult youth, tennis gave her a sense of mission and the sport became all-encompassing.

“She was a great champion and she gave me a world of trouble,” Serena Williams said. “Gosh, what can you say about such a champion? I don’t think we have enough time.”

Henin was away from the tour for months at a time in 2004 and 2005 because of an energy-sapping blood virus and assorted injuries, including to her knee and back.

In early 2007, she divorced from Pierre-Yves Hardenne after four years of marriage.

Henin has been ranked No. 1 since Nov. 13, 2006, except for a seven-week period last year when Sharapova held the top spot. Henin has won about US$20 million in career prize money.

Throughout last season, Henin said she had finally found a balance in her life between personal self-fulfillment and doggedly pursuing tennis titles.

Last year, Belgium’s Kim Clijsters — a former No. 1 player — retired at 23. She has since married and become a mother.

Henin will center on the smaller pleasures in life. She held her news conference at the Justine N1 academy in a Francophone village about 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Brussels. It is nestled close to a country spire and has a smattering of her beloved clay courts around it where she wants to train and coach youngsters.

Family and children may come, but for now, and for once, there is no rush.

Britney Spears Gets In Another Car Accident May 14, 2008

Britney Spears was involved in a minor car accident Tuesday afternoon, when she rear-ended a red Ford Explorer in Beverly Hills.

“I think she was just distracted,” said a witness. “She just tapped the other car in front of her.”

Spears, 26, was at the wheel of her white Mercedes-Benz SL65 when she left her Studio City home for an afternoon drive. Shortly thereafter, she rear-ended the SUV.

Her bodyguard, who was sitting shotgun, got out and apparently gave a business card to the other driver, a female. Police were not involved.

Witnesses say the driver of the Explorer followed Spears back to her gated community to exchange information, apparently suggested by the bodyguard to avoid press attention.

Spears was involved in a fender bender in L.A. just last month on April 12.

Kelly Rowan Gives Birth to Daughter May 14, 2008

Kelly Rowan, who played resident party planner and family matriarch Kirsten “Kiki” Cohen on The O.C., is a new mom, her rep tells PEOPLE.

“Kelly Rowan gave birth to a happy and healthy baby girl in Los Angeles on April 28,” says the spokesperson. “Mom and daughter are doing great.”

According to the rep, Rowan recently split from her fiancé, Canadian businessman David Thomson.

The Ottawa-born Rowan, 42, played Adam Brody’s mom and Peter Gallagher’s wife on the Fox series. She also served as executive producer of In God’s Country, a movie for Lifetime in which she starred.

Gossip Girl’s On Set Romance May 14, 2008

Before Penn Badgle and Blake Lively were outed as a couple, Matthew Settle, who plays Penn Badgley’s TV dad on Gossip Girl helped to keep gossip about the relationship between the young lovers a secret.

But now that the cat is out of the bag, he says, “I think it’s nice.”

Settle offered fatherly insight about Badgley and Lively on his way into the Entertainment Weekly upfront party at The Bowery Hotel in New York on May 13. (The new couple also attended.)

When asked if he had advice for his TV son, Settle answered, “In real life, Penn rolls with the punches better than anybody … I don’t think he needs any advice.”

About keeping the relationship a secret before it was revealed, Penn’s TV Dad said, “you can prod and pry, but you don’t want to be too intrusive. I made my own assumptions,” he said. “But I didn’t want to talk about it, to get involved.”

Now that the news is out, Settle believes America will react positively. “I think people are going to love them as a couple,” he said. “They’re a very hot couple. They look good together. And I think they’re good for each other, so why not?”

Settle’s date at the event was his wife, Israeli born actress Naama Nativ, also an actress, who said that she plays “one of Adam [Sandler's] Israeli girlfriends in his new film, You Don’t Mess with The Zohan.“

But Settle and Nativ have a solid bond. Married for two years, Settle said that he met Nativ, “in Los Angeles through friends.”

Nancy Kerrigan Welcomes Third Child May 14, 2008

Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan and husband Jerry Solomon welcomed their third child – and first daughter – Wednesday morning at Winchester Hospital in Winchester, Mass., the couple tell PEOPLE.

The baby, who has yet to be named, weighed 6 lbs., 12 oz., and was delivered by Caesarean.

Kerrigan, 38, and Solomon, 53, are also parents of sons Matthew, 11, and Brian, 3.

“They’re very excited,” Kerrigan told PEOPLE. “Matthew wanted a girl and Brian wanted a boy, and the two would occasionally argue about it, but they’re both looking forward to having a new sibling.”

“All went well. Everyone is fine,” says the dad, who’s been told “there is nothing like the relationship between a dad and a daughter. So it should be fun.”

Once home, the new arrival will move into a navy blue nursery, one of four bedrooms in the family’s Lynnfield, Mass., home.

Kerrigan, who announced her pregnancy in January, gained only 25 lbs. with this baby, a pound less than she gained with Brian and two pounds more than she put on with Matthew.

As for what to call the little girl, “I think that is the hardest job, to pick a name for somebody,” says Kerrigan. “We are not very good at that.”

One suggestion: “Brian thinks Pooper would be good.”

5th suspect charged in NFL star’s slaying May 14, 2008

MIAMI, Florida (AP) — Prosecutors in Miami say a fifth person has been charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor.

Sean Taylor, the Washington Redskin’s #21, was shot and bled to death during an alleged home invasion.

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Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office spokesman Ed Griffith says Wednesday that 16-year-old Timothy Brown is charged with first-degree murder under a sealed warrant.

Taylor died of massive blood loss after he was shot at his Miami-area home during a botched robbery in November. The 24-year-old safety had made the Pro Bowl in 2006 and 2007.

Brown is being held in Lee County. It’s not immediately known when he’ll be transferred to Miami-Dade County to face the charge.

Trial for the other four suspects is set for August 25. Prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty.