Think of the Children

Charges filed in 3 sexual assaults:
Here's another kid that's being charged as an adult that I doubt you'll see any advocacy group come to his defense.

15-year-old Kendrick Crockett of Jackson, MS has been charged as an adult in multiple rapes and robberies.

Crockett along with two other suspects are accused in the separate rapes and robberies of two women in their early 20's.

Crockett's mother refused to give a statement but his grandmother had this to say.

"He's a good child. They lied on him because he didn't rape nobody," she said.

Denial can be so pathetic sometimes.

No word on Crockett's proposed sentence yet but I would be very surprised if prosecutors didn't seek life.

I get the feeling that the advocacy groups who think teens shouldn't be tried as adults will just conveniently ignore this case.

2 teens charged in killings of Minn. mother, son:
17-year-old Stafon Edwards Thompson and 16-year-old Brian Lee Flowers of Minneapolis have been charged as adults for the crime they committed. They've both been charged in the murder of 36-year-old Katricia Daniels and her 10-year-old son. Daniels was stabbed over 100 times, her son had a TV smashed over his head. The pair claim robbery was the motive but the only thing stolen was a cell phone. Blood covered the walls and floors of the apartment.

So my question, which I'm sure you can guess by now, is where is the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the fact that these youths are being charged as adults?

Scott Dyleski killed Pam Vitale in an equally brutal fashion and people climbed the walls and shouted from the rooftops that he shouldn't have been charged as an adult.

Could it be that the Kid Criminal Crowd are (gasp) racists? Think about it. Just taking the cases from this site we have Scott Dyleski, Eric Schorling, Kenny Bartley, Thomas White, and John Jason McLaughlin. All teens charged as adults and all white boys. Do only spoiled suburban white kids deserve your attention? Do you think that only white kids should be charged as juveniles? Is there not enough room in your bleeding hearts for black teens? Or do you finally admit that for some teens there are no second chances?

Family Blames Bullying For Teen's Death:
A lot of people think that I think that bullying is ok because I don't have any sympathy for school shooters who have claimed to have been bullied. Nothing could be further from the truth. As a former bullying victim myself I have the utmost sympathy for those who have suffered through it. I just don't think it's an excuse to commit mass murder and honestly unless the parents of bullies and schools start actually giving a damn I don't see a real solution to it either.

Also it's no secret that I think teens who commit such heinous crimes as murder should absolutely be tried as adults no question.

Now a devastating tragedy causes an interesting conundrum.

16-year-old Dakota DeRemus was bullied to death. Not suicide, he was beaten by 16-year-old Dustin Howard who Dakota's family said had been bullying him for years. After an autopsy was performed it was determined that Dakota had a heart problem and the fight led to his death. Howard has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and county prosecutors want to try him as an adult. Personally I think he should be charged with murder and should absolutely be tried as an adult but sometimes my personal feelings and the letter of the law conflict. That's life.

Then there are the groups who claim that no child ever should be charged as adults. Like I've said before I call them Helen Lovejoy's or the Kids' Criminal Crowd. They say that no child should ever be charged as an adult but they pick and choose their causes as I've demonstrated before. I think this one would be a real tough call for them. Howard is 16 but the KCC usually sides on those who have claimed to have been bullied. What does their collective bleeding heart tell them to do with this one? Or will it be like other cases I've pointed out and will just be completely ignored. I guess only time will tell.

My heartfelt prayers condolences go out to the friends and family of Dakota DeRemus.

Special thanks to Morbid.

Five Teens Charged As Adults In Sexual Assault On 2 Girls:
Here's 5 more for the Criminal Kid Crowd. They are William Long Jr., 18; Eddie Otaegui, 17; Alex Perriello, 16; Blake Carter, 14; and Ryan Lafferty, 14, all from Boca Raton, Florida. Now let's take Mr. Long out of the mix because he's 18 but we'll focus on the others ranging in age from 14 to 17. They're being charged as adults in connection to a crime.

Now usually when there's a shooting or a murder by someone under the age of 18 the HJ's like to claim that the perpetrator was too young too be tried as an adult and that it's not really a crime it's more of a mistake. Never mind the body laying over there it was merely a mistake. I could cite numerous cases but I don't have to. This site is full of them.

Anyway now in this crime from Boca Raton we have two victims. The victims are two girls ages 13 and 14. The crime committed on them? In my opinion you can't call it anything less than gang rape.

The group is accused of getting the two drunk on New Year's Eve and sexually assaulting them.

Neighbors called police after hearing one of the girls screaming. According to the report, officers found one of the girls unconscious and in a fetal position on the ground. The other girl was found nearby moaning and unresponsive. Both teens were taken to West Boca Medical Center for treatment of minor cuts and swelling, according to police.

Does that sound like just a mistake? Putting the argument of where were the girls' parents aside these five willingly took it upon themselves to rape these two girls. That's not a 'mistake'. What they did was very decisive and calculated. Yet I doubt even the advocacy groups who say no child should ever be charged as an adult will stand up for any of these 5. They like to pick and choose their crimes where they can make the criminal look like the victim. I doubt even they could make rapists look like victims. Not to mention the fact that one of the suspects is 18. Would they then defend only four of the suspects?

A lot of people say that our society is too harsh for charging kids as adults. I say it's not harsh enough. Maybe they should start charging parents along with these juvenile murderers and rapists. Then maybe some parents will actually get back to the responsibility of parenting.

As always it was your pleasure.

'I feel like killing my mom,' teen reportedly told a friend:
The other day I posted about the pothead loser with no job Jacob Brighton who killed his parents allegedly because he was tired of disappointing them. That may not be so true.

One month before 16-year-old Jacob Brighton gunned down his parents in their home, the teen confided to his best friend that he was furious with his mother for grounding and continually harassing him over his drug use, documents show.

"I feel like killing my mom," Brighton told his friend Loren Hopkins, according to an investigation report made public Thursday.

When Brighton first suggested killing his parents six months earlier, Hopkins laughed it off as tough teenager talk.

This time, the words scared him.

"He felt that Jacob was really thinking about it and not just joking about it," the report said.

One of Penny Brighton's co-workers, Dianne Young, told detectives the mother had learned of her son's drug use at the end of the last school year, when she found marijuana in his backpack. Jacob Brighton's grades were low and he was getting into fights, the report said.

As the disciplinarian in the home, Penny Brighton felt it was her job to get her son off drugs and motivate him to accept some responsibility, Young told investigators.

Young told detectives she thought Brighton may have resented his mother for trying to help, which caused him to act out against her. Young could not be reached Thursday for comment.

So it seems like this isn't about disappointing his parents. He was disappointed that he couldn't get high.

And I wonder if these are the shocking revelations promised in the last post...

Brighton's best friend, Hopkins, also told investigators that the teen stole marijuana from his father Richard's personal stash, a large bag that he kept in his closet, the report said. Another friend, Nile Horton, told investigators that Jacob Brighton had admitted using harder drugs, the report said.

Seeing reports of the killings on television, Hopkins told detectives he "was in disbelief" that Brighton would shoot his father. Hopkins thought maybe Jacob had shot him to ease the pain Richard Brighton suffered from a back problem.

They're probably going to try the "under the influence of drugs" defense which still doesn't fly with me because drugs are still illegal. I'd be very surprised if they try the mercy killing defense since he killed both of his parents.

Hopefully our resident oddsmaker will grace our presence in the comments.

It seems that the Kid Criminal Crowd has already been all over this one. Yet still no support for Walter Smith Jr. I wonder why that is.

Teen says he killed parents to stop disappointing them:
The headline kind of gives it way but I'll go on my diatribe anyway.

16-year-old Jacob Brighton shot and killed both his parents. Was he abused? Nope. Was he neglected? Nuh-uh. Jacob Brighton shot and killed his parents because he was disappointing them...

"I started thinking like, oh, I, the gun's right here. I could do it. I really didn't want to," he said during a recorded interview with the detective.

Then he waited until both his parents were in the kitchen because he wanted them in the same room when he killed them, he said.

Brighton said he always felt like he was disappointing his parents, especially his father. He said he felt like they were pushing him "mentally."

"They're always disappointed in me," he said. "I love my dad a lot and I didn't want to, didn't want anything to hurt them like, you know, to hurt them more."

Brighton's attorney, Darren Shull, said there was a lot more that led to the shooting than Brighton revealed in the interview with the detective.

"Some of it is shocking," Shull said, adding he could not discuss any more details.

Brighton said he felt like a disappointment to his parents because he smoked marijuana, they wanted him to get a job, and he didn't share any of the same "qualities or interests" as his father.

Here's a thought that could have saved you a life behind bars kid. Stop being a stoner and get a job.

Of course he's being charged as an adult.

Somehow I doubt the details are that shocking but whenever the details emerge I bet the Helen Lovejoy's will jump to support this kid. When they do I bet I'll know why. It's a little theory of mine. I'll tell you about it sometime.

SUSPECT'S MOM: HE'S INSANE SPOTSYLVANIA WOMAN URGES COURT TO HELP HER SON:
If you had insanity in the Walter Smith Jr. excuse pool please see Zappa Crappa for your winnings. ZC had the odds at 2-1.

Walter Leon Smith Jr. looked at his parents and two surviving sisters in the front row and nodded. Then the 16-year-old sat quietly at the defense table, maintaining a smile throughout his arraignment.

But his demeanor changed as the proceeding came to a close.

As Smith was being led out of the courtroom, his mother stood and called, "Wait."

After a stern look from Judge Joseph Ellis, Mary Smith was permitted to say a few words to her son.

"I love you," she told him.

"I love you, too," her son replied quietly.

Smith's appointed attorney, Kristie Kane, then asked Mary Smith if she had something to say to the court. Walter Smith sat back down.

Standing 2 feet behind her son, Mary Smith said, "The law should find him insane so he can get help."

What is with these people? And by these people I mean stupid people who think the government is there to take care of there every whim. Why didn't you get help for him before he raped and killed your daughter, his own sister? I'll tell you why. They're fucking lazy leeches.

After the incident, the Sheriff's Office called the Social Services and Code Compliance departments to investigate the Smith family's living situation, said Sheriff Howard Smith. The house has broken windows and doors falling from hinges, and was littered with trash.

Neely said this was not the first time there have been reports of domestic problems at the Smith home.

"I think Social Services has had investigations with that family going back four generations," he said.

It's a good thing I don't run things or else people like this would be deported.

Still waiting for someone to tell me why he shouldn't be tried as an adult.

Could Spotsylvania Attack Have Been Prevented?:
This is a follow up to the story of Walter Smith Jr., the 16-year-old who raped and killed his own 22-year-old sister and hit his 2-year-old niece with a sledgehammer.

First let me update the status of the Criminal Kids Crowd who believe that no teen should ever be tried as an adult...

**crickets**

Nope, they're still not calling for him to be tried as a juvenile. I wonder why that is?

Anyway to make matters worse, which almost seems impossible, THE FREAKIN' PARENTS WERE HOME at the time of the rape and murder.

All while their parents were home. They say they didn't hear anything. And didn't know their daughter was dead until deputies showed up at their home about 14 hours after the attack happened. That's when deputies found the body padlocked in a bedroom and where the assaulted child and another had been for hours.

Investigators say Social Services was called and apparently had been several times before to the home. Prosecutors say they're looking into whether the system failed the family.

The "system" didn't fail the family, the family obviously failed the family.

I'm still waiting for someone to tell me why this aberration of humanity shouldn't be tried as an adult.

Teenager charged with killing older sister, attacking toddler:
In my mind there is no defense of this crime but I know the HL's will think of one.

SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) - A 16-year-old Spotsylvania County teen is in custody tonight, charged with killing and raping his sister and beating his niece with a sledgehammer in a crime the sheriff called one of the most brutal he's ever seen.

Police have charged Walter Smith Junior with the first-degree murder and rape of his 22-year-old sister, Betsy Mary Smith, and aggravated assault against his two year-old niece, Andrea Costello.

Spotsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney Bill Neely says Smith will likely be tried as an adult.

Sheriff Howard Smith says Walter Smith was charged after he recounted Monday morning's events to Spotsylvania detectives. Based on Walter Smith's accounts, police said Betsy Smith was beaten with a sledgehammer and stabbed before being raped. When Costello began crying, she was struck in the head with a sledgehammer. Betsy
Smith, Costello and a 1-year-old boy were then locked inside the room.

Mary Smith said her son Walter had no history of violence, but said he was on medication for depression.

I'm sure not only will the HL's use his depression as a reason he shouldn't be tried as an adult but also the anti-anti-depressant luddites will come out of the woodwork on this one as well.

Thanks to Sinthiya for the link.

David of Resurrection Song also weighs in.

15-year-old kills St. Louis police officer:
A 15-year-old is under arrest in the shooting death of St. Louis police officer Norvelle Brown.

Police Chief Joe Mokwa said that the 15-year-old decided on Wednesday to kill a police officer and murdered Brown "in a spur of the moment decision."

18-year-old Xavier McCully was charged with unlawful transfer of a weapon to a minor, a misdemeanor.

Mokwa says McCully supplied the gun and was there when Brown was shot but did not know that the 15-year-old planned to shoot an officer.

Now I want someone to tell me why the suspect should not be tried as an adult.