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Court and talk to the judge and let her know how youve been doing but shes going to make that final decision. all we can tell her since youve come home up till now how youve been doing. thats a good report. thats not a bad report. well see what she has to say and well go from there. okay? >> thank you, sarah. >> all right. >> at todays hearing rodrick and morris will learn if they get to go home with their parents or if they must remain detained in lake county juvenile while they await their nex...

>> i think i understand your testimony to be because morris is not as available or participating with these services to the extent that you think appropriate, that he should just remain locked up? >> well, im basing that upon him running away from home. his mother not knowing where he is. and she was having a hard time controlling him and reasoning with him. he has failed a couple of drug tests. morris has told me on several occasions that whatever i do its not going to work. >> so had you previ...

I mean, weve got a young man who is punching holes in the wall. we have a young man who is abusing drugs. and weve got a young man who left home for four or five or six weeks to avoid his mother, because he knew there would be a conflict. and so that worries me that hes going to put himself in a situation thats going to become dangerous for him. so for all of those reasons today the court is going to order that he be placed at camp pannia academy and ill order that his family participate in fami...

>> judge, i would call morris mother angel to the stand, please. if the court were to decide that morris need not be looked up any longer would you be willing to have him released to your custody? >> im always willing. but i just wonder if thats whats best for him. >> well, do you think its best to keep him locked up? >> here, no, i dont. but as far as what helps, i know that there is a problem and he does not need some help. >> does he recognize theres a problem? >> yes, he does. >> why do you ...

No further questions. >> mr. ruck, anything else. >> all i would say, judge, is that being locked up, sitting here does something. i believe it has for morris. i would suggest that we move in increments. we move in increments from where he was before with no real restrictions, just you need to do what were telling you to do. to now were going to put a bracelet around your ankle and make sure that youre doing what we say were going to do. before we jump to the most severe conclusion, the recommen...

I know i got a problem. but you send me home, trust me, im going to show you i can work my problem out with my whole family. >> morris, you remember some time back, we went through a detention hearing where you talked about your background, your history and what you wanted to have happen, correct. >> yes. >> were not going to go through all of that for todays hearing. all i want to know is what youve learned since youve been locked up. >> what i learned is i know how to control my anger. i would...

To be here for us to work with morris. >> so now its an issue of him being safe? >> well, thats one of the issues, yes. >> oh, okay. thats all i have, judge. >> anything else? >> mr. fleming, just to reiterate, the main issue is you fear that morris wont be present for future hearings? >> yes. >> and thats based on his past behavior. >> yes, maam. absolutely. >> no further questions, judge. >> morris when you didnt come to court on july 24th, did your mother come? >> yes. >> have there been othe...

>> hey, morris, how are you? don ruck, ill be your lawyer for today. >> 17-year-old morris is locked up for possession of marijuana and more importantly for failing to appear at a prior court hearing. before he enters the courtroom to face the judge he meets with his court-appointed attorney, don ruck. >> todays hearing the court is going to want to hear a little bit about what happened. and make a decision whether or not to release you today. what do you want to have happen. >> i want to get re...

Get out of here but theres no question that as morris advocate that i want him to go home. my preference is that children should be home with their parents. as opposed to, you know, detained in a detention center. >> you know you had a court hearing, didnt even come? >> i didnt go because i was scared. they said they would give me two years in placement. >> so you run away. im not going to recommend that you go home. im going to try to keep you staying here so we can work something out. >> its n...