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Teen on life support after assault at children's home
cmack:
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Teen murder suspect in court today
Lance Tiernan, 17, accused of killing another resident at group home
HAMILTON- A 17-year-old accused of murdering a 16-year-old boy at a group home for trouble teenagers will make his first appearance on the case before a Butler County juvenile judge Tuesday.
Lance Tiernan is scheduled for a 2 p.m. arraignment at the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center in Hamilton.
Tiernan was arrested on the night of the Dec. 19 assault at the One Way Farm in Fairfield Township and has been held at the detention center ever since.
Now he faces the upgraded murder charge after the victim, Anthony Parker, died last week. Due to the seriousness of that offense, he is expected to eventually be tried as an adult.
Tiernan, who is much bigger than Parker, slammed Parker's head onto the floor and beat him during a fight over a flashlight, Fairfield Township police have said.
At first, Parker didn’t seem to be seriously hurt once staff members broke up the fight, according to police.
But staff later found that Parker had lost consciousness in his room and had vomited.
He was taken to University Hospital and then was transferred to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Parker was on life support until he died Dec. 28 of blunt force trauma to his head.
One Way Farm has cared for more than 9,000 troubled teens and youth in its 34 years.
The state-certified, nonprofit facility 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:
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Prosecutors seek adult court trial for teen suspect
5:06 PM, Jan. 3, 2012
HAMILTON — Butler County prosecutors want to try Lance Tiernan as an adult in the beating death of a fellow resident at the One Way Farm group home in Fairfield Township.
Lance, 17, made his first appearance in Butler County Juvenile Court Tuesday on an upgraded charge of murder in the death of Anthony Parker.
Prosecutor Michael Gmoser elevated an aggravated assault charge to murder last week after Anthony, a 16-year-old former Fairfield High School sophomore, was taken off life support at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and died.
Tiernan, a tall and lanky teen, sat shackled with his hands placed palm-down on the table in front of him as his attorney, Dawn Garrett, waived arraignment on the murder charge. The waiver essentially means that he has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The aggravated assault charge was dropped Tuesday.
If convicted in adult court, Tiernan faces 15 years to life in prison.
A probable cause hearing — the first step in sending the case to a grand jury for adult prosecution — is set for Feb. 9. Prosecutors will present evidence to support the murder charge.
If Juvenile Judge Ronald Craft rules it exists, the case by law will be automatically sent to adult court because of the severity of the charge, Gmoser said.
Anthony died on Dec. 28, nine days after authorities said Lance attacked him and threw him on his head. Officials at One Way Farm said previously that Anthony did not show any signs of being hurt but that they later found him unconscious.
Anthony died of blunt force trauma to the head, according to Gmoser.
The incident is under investigation by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services which licenses One Way Farm.
The 34-year-old nonprofit facility provides temporary or emergency housing for abused, abandoned, neglected or troubled children and teens. Many teens are sent by children services agencies and by the courts.
cmack:
Possible online personal sites for murder suspect Lance Tiernan.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/biglanceT
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Lance-Tiernan/1493792698
Formspring: http://www.formspring.me/LanceTiernan
The suspect Lance Tiernan was placed at One Way Farm at the end of November. The last twitter post was on November 21, and both the Twitter and Facebook page make reference to Cincinnati. He also identifies himself as BiglanceT on the Twitter page. This information is suggestive, but not conclusive proof that this is indeed the suspect, but I don't want to associate the wrong person with this horrible crime so I would appreciate others opinions as to whether I should remove the above links.
wdtony:
I don't think it would hurt to leave it up for now.
Reddit TroubledTeens:
This article has a lot of interesting comments, I'll put them in a separate post.
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Teen Dies From Injuries in Assault at Group Home
Published: 12/21/2011 3:25 pm
Updated: 12/28/2011 10:18 pm
A teen has died from his injuries received in an assault at a Fairfield group home.
About 11:30 p.m. December 19th, medics with the city of Fairfield were called to One Way Farm, a group home there. They were responding to a report of a juvenile male that had been assaulted.
Initially, it did not appear the victim, Anthony Parker, was very seriously injured. But later he was found to be unresponsive. Parker had since been at Children's Hospital where he passed away Wednesday night.
Fairfield Police say 17-year old Lance Tiernan has been arrested. He's accused of throwing the victim to the ground, laying on top of him and punching him repeatedly in the head. He has been charged with aggravated assault. No word yet from police on any new charges.
Stay with Local12 as we update this story.
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