Top Giants prospect charged with murder (AP)

Dominican Republic's baseball player Angel Villalona walks with his hands bound as he is escorted by police officers in La Romana, Dominican Republic, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Villalona, 19, who was signed by the Giants in 2006 and received a club-record $2.1 million bonus, was charged with murder in the death of 25-year-old Mario Felix de Jesus Velete last weekend at a bar in the Dominican Republic and could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.

A top prospect for the San Francisco Giants was charged with murder in the death of a 25-year-old man last weekend at a bar in his Caribbean homeland. Angel Villalona, who received a club-record $2.1 million bonus when he was signed by the Giants in 2006, wore a bulletproof vest Monday to his hearing at a court in the city of La Romana.

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