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Teen on life support after assault at children's home
cmack:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2011 ... /312300010
Teen accused of group home killing may face new charge
2:43 PM, Dec. 29, 2011
Fairfield Township police said they plan to consult with the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office to bring new charges against a 17-year-old accused of beating another teen at a group home for troubled youths.
The injured 16-year-old died Wednesday night.
When the incident occurred last week, Fairfield Township Police Chief Richard St. John said a murder charge would not be likely if the teen died. On Thursday, however, he would not say that.
“We’re way, way, way ahead of ourselves,” he said. “We have to talk to the prosecutor’s office and see what all their thought processes are on this whole thing. It’s an extreme shame. It’s unbelievable. A 16-year-old who ends up dead because just basically an act of stupidity, what more can you say about it.”
The 17-year-old was being held on an aggravated assault charge at the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center. His pretrial hearing was set for Jan. 3.
Anthony Parker, 16, died Wednesday evening at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where he had been placed on life support following an attack last week at the One Way Farm in Fairfield Township.
The 17-year-old, who is much bigger than Parker, slammed his head onto the floor and beat him Dec. 19, police said previously. The boys were fighting over which of them owned a flashlight.
At first, Anthony didn’t seem to be seriously hurt after staff members broke up the fight, police have said, but staff later found that Parker had lost consciousness and had vomited. He was taken to University Hospital and then was transferred to Children’s.
Jody Canupp, development director for One Way Farm, said Parker made a snack and ate a sandwich after the incident.
“The boy who was hurt was walking around and talking normally right after being struck. So we had no reason to believe that there was any serious injury,” she said Thursday.
“The other boy had no history of violence to our knowledge.”
One Way Farm, Canupp said, has cared for more than 9,000 children and troubled youths in its 34 years.
“We have a lot of controls in place to make sure our youth are safe. After all, most are here because they have been deeply wounded as children,” she said.
“Reasonable people, parents, know that this was an event that could have happened anywhere.”
One Way Farm is a state-certified, nonprofit facility that provides temporary or emergency housing for abused, abandoned, neglected or troubled children and teens, many in need of medication, according to its http://www.onewayfarm.org/" target="_new">website Many teens are sent by children services agencies and by the courts.
The organization also cares for youths with disabilities and developmental disabilities. It has been in operation more than 32 years and has served thousands of children. It has a capacity for about 25 juveniles.
One Way Farm is licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, which is investigating the death.
Jennifer Edwards Baker contributed to this story
wdtony:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2011 ... CFRONTPAGE
Teen accused of murder in fatal group home beating
6:03 PM, Dec. 29, 2011
FAIRFIELD TWP. -- Murder – that’s what a 17-year-old is accused of, following the death of a 16-year-old boy who was beaten at a group home, police announced Thursday afternoon.
Lance Tiernan, who was arrested on the night of the assault at the One Way Farm, was originally charged with assault but now will face a murder charge, police said.
The decision to upgrade the charge came after the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office determined that Anthony Parker’s death on Wednesday night happened “as a result of the injuries sustained in the assault,” a news release said.
Anthony was on life support until he died at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. His friends have created a Facebook page in his memory.
Lance was being held in the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center.
The 17-year-old, who is much bigger than Anthony, slammed his head onto the floor and beat him Dec. 19, police said previously.
At first, Anthony didn’t seem to be seriously hurt after staff members broke up the fight, police have said, but staff later found that Parker had lost consciousness and had vomited. He was taken to University Hospital and then was transferred to Children’s.
Jody Canupp, development director for One Way Farm, said Anthony made a snack and ate a sandwich after the incident.
“The boy who was hurt was walking around and talking normally right after being struck. So we had no reason to believe that there was any serious injury,” she said Thursday. “The other boy had no history of violence to our knowledge.”
One Way Farm, Canupp said, has cared for more than 9,000 children and troubled youths in its 34 years.
“We have a lot of controls in place to make sure our youth are safe. After all, most are here because they have been deeply wounded as children,” she said. “Reasonable people, parents, know that this was an event that could have happened anywhere.”
In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office explained that Lance is charged under a section of law known as “felony murder,” and, in this instance, “causing the death of another resulting from a felonious assault.”
Anthony died from “blunt force trauma to the head,” the prosecutor’s office said.
Also, the prosecutor’s office said, “the injury and death resulted from an attack against Anthony Parker and not a fight between them.”
Police had earlier told reporters that the boys had fought over who had owned a flashlight.
One Way Farm is a state-certified, nonprofit facility that provides temporary or emergency housing for abused, abandoned, neglected or troubled children and teens, many in need of medication, according to its website. Many teens are sent by children services agencies and by the courts.
The organization also cares for youths with disabilities and developmental disabilities. It has been in operation more than 32 years and has served thousands of children. It has a capacity for about 25 juveniles.
One Way Farm is licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, which is investigating the death.
wdtony:
facebook page mentioned in article above:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/prayforanthonyparker/
Pile of Dead Kids:
Looks like the term "One Way Home" just took on a new meaning.
Ursus:
From the above article posted by wdtony:
Teen beaten at Butler Co. group home dies
11:17 PM, Dec. 28, 2011
The teen who was beaten at a Butler County group home for troubled youths has died, officials said, and a second teen could face upgraded charges as a result.
Anthony Parker, 16, died Wednesday evening at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where he had been placed on life support following an attack last week at the One Way Farm in Fairfield Township...[/list][/size]
Well, this has, indeed, ended very badly. Actually, it has not ended yet; not by a long shot.
A week prior to the above noted publication date, there were a number of news reports that Anthony Parker, then not yet identified, had, in fact, died. Some of those reports were then subsequently retracted within a day or two.
At the time, I hoped against the odds, but it was clear that the injuries were quite extreme. To my knowledge, as the days went by, no articles reported any improvement in Parker's medical condition.
So sad.
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