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It. i do think that eventually they will end up hurting somebody if not themselves. >> theyre both staying. detained. im going to bonaventura? >> will you state your name, please? >> devon starkey. >> how old are you, devon? >> im 18. >> were here because devon was arrested on a bench warrant issued by the court. it says here your whereabouts were unknown by the juvenile lake county probation department. further he has failed to attend his court-ordered counseling and lastly, he has failed to ...

Themselves. >> both staying, detained. >> going to bonaventure. >> state your name, please. >> devon starky. >> how old are you, devon? >> im 18. >> all right. were here today because devon was arrested on a bench warrant which was issued by this court. it says here devon starkys whereabouts have been unknown by lake county juvenile probation department. further that he has failed to attend his court ordered counseling. and lastly, that he failed to attend an educational program on a regular bas...

I started smoking weed again and i left the home because i was scared that when i did go to court, these would be brought up, and i would end up getting in trouble. >> what were you thinking that was going to happen to this case, devon? >> i was thinking upon my 18th birthday, it would just be dropped, but as the case is, it isnt. >> as it relates to your arm in the sling, what happened to you, devon? >> well, while i was on my own, i was hanging with the wrong group of people, i got myself into...

Kids, whether in the hearing or outside the hearing is monumental. i think if there was one single thing i could point to to be able to predict the success or failure of a young person is the family involve management and support. >> sounds like for about four years now the court has been involved not only with his life but obviously your life as well. >> uh-huh. >> and so hes turned 18 now. youre a family thats had a lot of intervention and pretty quickly here there will be none. >> we are ther...

Up, mom, please, and i wouldnt let him. i said no. i cant do that. i cant let you in the house. and then i find out he was shot. >> so on this monday, the judge has found it is in the best interest for kenneth and kentrell to be detained until the next court hearing. will devons mothers pleas and his age be enough to convince the judge it is time for him to come home? >> he is on the verge of doing something horrible in his life and taken from you forever or on the verge of turning that corner. ...

To use them. >> monday morning means court is back in session. those detained downstairs in the detention center are shackled for their own safety and the safety of those bringing them to the juvenile court wing. >> no talking in the hall way. >> on judge bon a ventures docket, two different but equally heavy hearings. the case of two brothers who have been in detention over and over, but still could face years in the juvenile system. then devon who at 18 will stand in the judges courtroom one l...

Couldnt come home, and for two weeks prior to him being shot, he came to me for two weeks, begging mom, please, let me come home, please, ill straighten up, mom, please, and i wouldnt let him. i said no. i cant do that. i cant let you in the house. and then i find out he was shot. >> so on this monday, the judge has found it is in the best interest for kenneth and kentrell to be detained until the next court hearing. will devons mothers pleas and his age be enough to convince the judge it is tim...

Change your behavior, one overnighter is not going to do it. i think eventually they will end up hurting somebody, if not themselves. >> both staying, detained. >> going to bonaventure. >> state your name, please. >> devon starky. >> how old are you, devon? >> im 18. >> all right. were here today because devon was arrested on a bench warrant which was issued by this court. it says here devon starkys whereabouts have been unknown by lake county juvenile probation department. further that he has f...

Purposeful act in response to something devon was doing of a criminal nature. we also have problems he is an adult now. if he sits here three or four months, i dont know what thats going to do for him. >> i dont either. i agree 120 days here, if two years in placement didnt help you change your ways, im not so certain that any more time here is going to do anything for you, but hopefully getting shot in the arm has. you know, everything happens for a reason, at least i believe it does. today wha...

>> the family support in these hearings or in general with the kids, whether in the hearing or outside the hearing is monumental. i think if there was one single thing i could point to to be able to predict the successor failure of a young person is the family involvement and support. >> sounds like for about four years now the court has been involved not only with his life but obviously your life as well. >> uh-huh. >> and so hes turned 18 now. youre a family thats had a lot of intervention and...