Hi :) I've been keeping close track as well and You posted this before the local paper here got word of it. Now its been on the local news channels for a few days in a row. I have not heard from Ted yet, but I know he is doing well. Thank you again for keep me posted! Hope you're well also.

A lot of minors get away with adult crimes simply because how our laws are written. If it were up to me I'd charge them as adults. Not because they were in a group (that won't fly in court) but because they made a collective decision to either proceed with the action of dropping the ball onto a moving vehicle or did nothing about it once the action occured. Anyway, at 17 years of age (with at least an average IQ) they are capable enough to know right from wrong.

Until the age of 18 you can get away with just about anything in the USA (excluding rape and murder) without seeing any jail time. Heck compared to other similar cases the punishment in this one was "harsh" and I doubt they would be under house arrest if human lives were not put in danger by their actions.

To me it sounds like a certain group of kids didn't get enough ass whoopin's. Perhaps their dads should invest in leather belts (with holes drilled in them to cut down on wind resistance ). This is nothing a good whoopin (or 5) and many months of back breaking labor can't solve.

But Brad, if you do that the Liberals will be on you like stink on poo and have you locked up for child abuse. You live in a politically correct infested country don't you know ;)

I advise such people to stay far away from my land. That out of the way; Such people have been getting their way since child hood. I think THEY should get whooped for begin idiots and shoving their agenda down everyones throat.

I fully agree with Brad, but, unfortunately Smacklan, you're right. It's sad.:(:mad:

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OMG, haha...I once had it out with a school social worker because she didn't approve of how I disciplined my son!:rolleyes: