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This is from my home town, of which I am ashamed to proclaim.... Mind you, this is a small tight-knit community. Some of the thing committed were bordering on unbelievable. Here is an exerpt of what they did:
A weekend house party has turned into an expensive venture for a group of Midland teens.
The teens attended a house party Thanksgiving weekend, 2001, at a Sylvan Lane home while the owner and her family were away. They did not have permission to enter the home, and the interior was left in extreme disorder.
A short list of damage includes glass, furniture, family photos and china smashed, mustard and ketchup squirted onto carpet and other possessions, used condoms stuck to walls and vomit in the bed, the family?s cat put into the microwave, Xs carved into cabinets and glass shoved into the garbage disposal.
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Midland County Probate Court Judge Dorene S. Allen ruled April 9 that the 11 teens are each responsible jointly and severally to pay the entire amount of restitution ? $72,364.90.
The teens, who are not being named because of their age, have individually pleaded guilty to different crimes, including first-, second- and third-degree home invasion, unlawful driving away of an automobile, larceny, receiving and concealing firearms, breaking and entering, illegal entry, malicious destruction of personal property valued between $200 and $1,000, and receiving and concealing property valued between $200 and $1,000.
So far, sentencing has included letters of apology to the victim, jail detention, electronic tethers, community service and other items. Attorneys for the teens argued that since each teen was not necessarily involved in damaging the home, they should not all be held to pay full restitution.
Allen wrote in her decision that while the monetary amount of damage was high, "it does not include the emotional toll that the respondents inflicted upon the victim." Allen also wrote the incident left the victims feeling fear, shock and violation, and it is unfortunate the court can?t hold the teens responsible for the emotional cost of their conduct.
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A weekend house party has turned into an expensive venture for a group of Midland teens.
The teens attended a house party Thanksgiving weekend, 2001, at a Sylvan Lane home while the owner and her family were away. They did not have permission to enter the home, and the interior was left in extreme disorder.
A short list of damage includes glass, furniture, family photos and china smashed, mustard and ketchup squirted onto carpet and other possessions, used condoms stuck to walls and vomit in the bed, the family?s cat put into the microwave, Xs carved into cabinets and glass shoved into the garbage disposal.
more...
Midland County Probate Court Judge Dorene S. Allen ruled April 9 that the 11 teens are each responsible jointly and severally to pay the entire amount of restitution ? $72,364.90.
The teens, who are not being named because of their age, have individually pleaded guilty to different crimes, including first-, second- and third-degree home invasion, unlawful driving away of an automobile, larceny, receiving and concealing firearms, breaking and entering, illegal entry, malicious destruction of personal property valued between $200 and $1,000, and receiving and concealing property valued between $200 and $1,000.
So far, sentencing has included letters of apology to the victim, jail detention, electronic tethers, community service and other items. Attorneys for the teens argued that since each teen was not necessarily involved in damaging the home, they should not all be held to pay full restitution.
Allen wrote in her decision that while the monetary amount of damage was high, "it does not include the emotional toll that the respondents inflicted upon the victim." Allen also wrote the incident left the victims feeling fear, shock and violation, and it is unfortunate the court can?t hold the teens responsible for the emotional cost of their conduct.
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