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>> and they didn't tell your mother you were in the house? >> they told but she ain't never seen me. >> you said enough, thank you. no further questions. >> mr. ruck, anything else? >> all i would say, judge, is that being locked up, sitting here does something, and 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 we're telling you to do to now we're going to put a bracelet around your ankle and make sure that you're doing what we say you're going to do. before we jump to t...

Requires more time in the care of the state. his attorney will fight to see that morris gets what he wants, to be released home. but it is judge mary beth bonaventura who ultimately gets to decide morris' fate. >> sir, i think i understand your testimony to be that 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, i'm 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 ...

Wall. we have a young man who's abusing drugs. and we've 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 he's going to put himself in a situation that's going to become dangerous for him. so for all of those reasons today the court is going to order that he placed at the compania academy and i'll order that his family participate in family counseling along with him so that he can return home sooner than later. all right? this hearing is adjourned. thank you. >> say good-bye to your parents. >...

I'm telling you, she's got the records from your school. listen to the question and answer it honestly. don't make it worse. >> anything else mrs. guzek? >> no, judge. >> mr. ruck? >> judge, i would call morris' mother angel to the stand, please. if the court were to decide that morris need not be locked up any longer, would you be willing to have him released to your custody? >> i'm always willing. but i just wonder if that's what's best for him. >> well, do you think it's best to keep him locked up? >> here, no, i don't. but as far as what helps, i know that there's a problem and he does nee...

Morris has tended to befriend some young men, one, for instance, who was shot the other day in a drive-by shooting. the young people that he's been associating with, i believe it's safer for morris to be here for us to work with morris. >> so now it's an issue of him being safe? >> well, that's one of the issues, yes. >> okay. that's all i have, judge. >> anything else mrs. guzek? >> mr. fleming, just to reiterate, the main issue is you fear that mr. morris won't be present for future hearings? >> yes. >> and that's based on his past behavior? >> absolutely. >> no further questions, judge. >> ...