courtroom that help me make decisions say the counselor that was present, the probation officer helped me. and listening to both sides really lays out for you what each kid has done or hasn t done and the good and bad points. at that point you re in court. it s the end of the road here. now it s put up or shut up. you might as well do it now and tell the truth. did you have any problems with him? no other than he gave me the wrong name. and you re not going to charge him with false you ve done that before, morris. you ve already had charges of lying to police officers. it s better to be honest. so he was in somebody s apartment or just in the vicinity of the apartment? he and several of his friends were out smoking marijuana on the front porch of this apartment complex. are you high right now the? no. were you smoking marijuana today? no. he tells me he wasn t smoking. there was about seven of them out there. i m just going to have the nurse look at him real quick t
to do when they re outside my house. but when they re in my house they do what i tell them to do. so kenneth defies you? sometimes. i have no further questions. the probation department is recommending that they remain detained. and be ordered to complete a psychological evaluation. there s also in the neighborhood, i ve talked to mom about this a lot of gang activity on the street that they live on. i believe that they are affiliated with the gangs. a lot of drug activity as well. i ve discussed that with her, so i strongly recommend they remain detained pending the psychological evaluations. anything else? yes, judge. regarding kentrell, the state agrees with mr. smith. he s a very dangerous person and needs to remain detained. as far as mr. gant, state also feels he s a dangerous person. i think that the court cannot take the chance that he may cause another person harm. he needs to remain detained as a danger to the community also.
that s a lot of big people to go against when you re just by yourself. you sleep in here you always think about what s going to happen in court. like, what they going to say, what they going to do to you, if they going to detain you or if they going to release you. i can t be doing this. i m 18 years old. i ve got a lot of years to live. and if i keep messing around with this i m going to end up dead or in jail. i know, kenneth, that you want to leave. i would like to give you a break here. in light of this is your sixth referral to this court, four in the year of 2008.
the psychological evaluation shows that kentrell has significant mental health needs. my problem with kenneth is that he s committed numerous acts of delinquency. that s what indiana boy school is meant to address. then you factor in that he s had counseling provided to him, and he hasn t been terribly amin bl to the counseling. he has a track record and the track record isn t very good at this point. you know, it s a serious matter for this court to decide that it s going to invest itself in a child to the extent that this county and this court is being asked to invest themselves in kenneth and i don t see that there s going to be a lot of banb for our buck, to be perfectly honest. i think he s a dangerous person. i think he should be committed to indiana boy school. well, i would agree that i think indiana boy school can address a lot of the issues that
that it s easier for you to fail. just think about this hearing today and all this argument about whether you re a good person or you re not. there s only really one opinion in this room right now that matters and it s mine. i think you are a good person and i think you re going to make it. for that reason, today the court is order that you serve 30 days in the lake county juvenile center and i m going to give you credit for the time you served, i m going to release you today and order you released to the custody of your mother. okay? your honor, may i hug miss bob- if they want to hug you, you can hug them. i m not going to make that request. you re going to be okay. thanks, bob. this is my first time not to hug you, miss sarah. i know. even though he did test dirty for marijuana and he was arrested. i don t want that to wipe away all the good he s done which for somebody like rodrick is just enormous. this is the last time i m going to see you, miss jane. that s