Associated Press - January 20, 2010 7:14 AM ET

PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) - A state judge has ordered two construction workers suspected in the slaying of a Plaquemine teenager held without bail pending trial.

Judge Alvin Batiste Jr. denied bail on Tuesday to 25-year-old Channing Paul Touchet and 19-year-old Nicholas Lee Gorring in the Dec. 19 drive-by shooting death of 17-year-old Jamarius Riley.

Both men were booked with principal to first-degree murder and assault by drive-by shooting.

Police tell The Advocate that Touchet and Gorringe were in the Plaquemine area looking to buy illegal drugs at the time of the slaying.

Information from: The Advocate, http://www.2theadvocate.com

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