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Teen on life support after assault at children's home
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Teen pleads not guilty in One Way Farm attack
12:52 PM Monday, March 26, 2012
By Denise G. Callahan
Staff Writer
Anthony Parker’s adoptive grandmother says Lance Tiernan might not be facing murder charges if staff at the One Way Farm group home had promptly sought medical assistance for her grandson.
Anita Smith was in Butler County Common Pleas Court Monday when Tiernan, 17, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. Tiernan’s case was transferred from juvenile to adult court in February and a grand jury indicted him earlier this month.
Smith said if Parker were rushed to the hospital after Tiernan’s alleged attack, her grandson would likely still be alive.
“It’s a tragedy, two boy’s lives ruined,” she said. “I think if they had taken him to the hospital right away the doctors say it would have been a different outcome.”
Parker and another boy were arguing over ownership of a flashlight and when Tiernan tired of the bickering, he allegedly attacked. Tiernan allegedly hit Parker in the head first, then picked him up and slammed his head into the hard floor.
Staff at the group home found Parker unresponsive three hours after he was assaulted. An autopsy showed the cause of death was a skull fracture.
One Way Farm declined comment.
Smith is considering filing a wrongful death suit against the group home.
Judge Patricia Oney kept Tiernan’s bond at $1 million, the same amount set in juvenile court. She set another hearing for April 16.
Tiernan’s attorney Charlie M. Rittgers said he will be asking the judge for money to hire a private investigator and a forensic pathologist to help him wade through Parker’s voluminous medical records.
Contact this reporter at (513) 696-4525 or dcallahan@coxohio.com.
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We are following this story closely. The most disturbing thing to me is, from reading the articles, it seems that Lance Tiernan was placed at One Way Farm for truancy. He was 17, but in Ohio (from what I gather), teens under the age of 18 must work or go to school. Since Lance was denied the right to make an adult decision about his education, it seems hypocritical to now charge him as an adult.
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One Way Farm in violation at time of boy’s death.
By Denise G. Callahan, Staff Writer
11:16 AM Thursday, April 12, 2012[/b]
COLUMBUS — A state investigation shows One Way Farm was in violation of two infractions when a young boy died following an altercations with another juvenile last year at the group home.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services released a report Thursday to this newspaper that lists a violation of CPR training and a missing medical screening for a resident. The report does not spell out if the group home in Fairfield Twp. followed proper procedure during and following the altercation.
Agency spokesman Ben Johnson said the licensing arm of ODJFS did not investigate the incident itself, just whether the home was compliant with licensing requirements.
Lance Tiernan, a former Lebanon High School student, stands accused of murder in the incident. He was transferred from juvenile to adult court in February, and a grand jury indicted him earlier this month in the Dec. 19 attack. Parker died of his injuries Dec. 28 after more than a week on life support at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Anthony Parker and another boy were arguing over ownership of a flashlight and when Tiernan apparently tired of the bickering, prosecutors say he attacked. Tiernan allegedly struck Parker in the head, then picked him up and slammed his head into the hard floor.
Staff at the group home found Parker unresponsive three hours after he was assaulted during a routine bed check. At the time of the incident, Tiernan had been a resident for less than a month at the group home and had no prior known history of violence, according to Warren County Children Services, which placed him.
An autopsy showed Parker’s cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, according to prosecutors
An employee’s cardio pulmonary resuscitation certification was not up to date the day Parker was beaten, according to the report. A medical screening for a resident was also not completed. The report does not spell out if the screening was for Tiernan or Parker. Documents show the home was informed the child was not supposed to remain in their care. By the time the decision was made to leave the youth at the home, the five-day medical screening time line had expired.
Documents show the employee in question has since completed recertification. The corrective plan One Way Farm submitted has been approved.
One Way Farm Children’s Home officials have declined comment about the incident, but previously stated Parker was up and talking and had eaten a sandwich following the incident and did not appear seriously injured.
Contact this reporter at (513) 696-4525 or dcallahan@coxohio.com.
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Motions denied, trial set for teen accused of killing at children’s group home
By Denise G. Callahan, Staff Writer Updated 7:19 PM Monday, April 30, 2012
A Butler County judge denied motions Monday for defense funds and set a July trial date for 17-year-old Lance Tiernan, who is charged as an adult in the death of Anthony Parker, another teen at the One Way Farm Children’s Home.
Tiernan’s lawyers, Charlie M. Rittgers and Nick Graman, are representing the former Lebanon High School student for free and asked Common Pleas Judge Patricia Oney for funds to pay a private investigator, a retired police officer and a medical expert to review Parker’s medical records.
Rittgers said Oney told the counselors during an hourlong in-chambers meeting that tight county coffers can’t pay for a private investigator except for capital cases. They withdrew that motion.
Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser opposed the defense’s motion for $2,000 to pay for a retired police officer to examine and likely testify about the “caliber” of the investigation into the incident at the Fairfield Twp. home in December.
“The request is made on the basis that a witness may be able to say something about what another witness would have, could have or should have done is not material nor appropriate to any issue in this case,” Gmoser said.
Rittgers said he knew the motion was a long shot.
“We knew it was a stretch to begin with,” he said. “But it’s better than sitting there and letting them present a case and we only have cross examination.”
The case against Tiernan was transferred from juvenile to adult court in February, and a grand jury indicted him earlier this month in the Dec. 19 attack. Parker, a 16-year-old Fairfield High School student, died of his injuries Dec. 28 after more than a week on life support at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Parker and another boy were arguing over ownership of a flashlight when Tiernan, apparently tired of the bickering, attacked, prosecutor’s say. Tiernan allegedly struck Parker in the head, then picked him up and slammed his head into the hard floor.
Staff at the group home found Parker unresponsive three hours later during a routine bed check.
Oney held in abeyance Rittger’s motion for $3,000 to hire a doctor to examine Parker’s medical records. Gmoser said Tiernan needs to show a “particularized need” for the expert. Oney scheduled another hearing for May 14. The trial was set for July 10.
Contact this reporter at (513) 696-4525 or dcallahan@coxohio.com.
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