A Nelsonville teen and his father were charged in connection to the March death of Eli Spangler, 11.
Mason Platt, 14, was adjudicated as delinquent by Athens County Juvenile Court Judge Zach Saunders. He reportedly admitted Tuesday in Athens County Juvenile Court to the charge of reckless homicide, according to an Athens County Prosecutorâs Office press release.
Platt was reportedly playing with a firearm that went off and killed Spangler on March 6 at Plattâs home, the prosecutorâs office said.
In addition, Plattâs father, Donald Platt, 37, of Nelsonville was indicted Tuesday morning by an Athens County Grand Jury on charges of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; endangering children, a third-degree felony; and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, according to court documents.
NELSONVILLE. Ohio (AP) A teenage boy who fatally shot a younger friend while showing him a gun has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide, and the teen's father has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
An Athens County judge recently struck down a motion to dismiss a $1 million civil lawsuit filed in January by a Glouster woman following the reported sexual abuse that she experienced as a minor by a since-dismissed priest.
Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey Monforton is the sole defendant of the suit, which alleges that he ânegligently failed to investigate and protect⦠to interveneâ in regard to reports of acts of sexual exploitation by his employee, ex-priest Henry Christopher Foxhoven.
The motion to dismiss was filed by the defendant in March.
âThe Court is unpersuaded at this point that the plaintiffâs complaint is one that cannot possibly succeed,â Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge George P. McCarthy in May noted in his decision. âThis is not to say the complaint ultimately will prevail or that the defense has no forceful arguments. Rather, it is a conclusion that the case should not be dismissed at the initial pleading stage.â
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