From "The Post Online" in Athens, Ohio.
In my mind, the punishment was not severe enough to fit the crimes.
Oh well, anyone want to lay odds that Andrew will mess up and be placed in the juvenile detention center.
As my dear old father used to say, "That is a sucker bet."
Judge Robert Stewart ruled that Andrew Riley be admitted to the Hocking Valley Community Residential Center in Nelsonville, write letters of apology to the victims of his crimes, pay restitution totaling more than $1,140 and remain on probation until the age of 21.
HVCRC serves as a type of “halfway house,” where juveniles are given training, education and counseling for rehabilitation, according to county Prosecutor C. David Warren. The program runs for six months and serves as an alternative to a juvenile detention center.
If Riley fails to complete any of the court’s orders, he could be placed in a juvenile detention center.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
More News on Teenage Thug Andrew Riley
The following was posted on Friday, May 25, 2007 in the Athens, Ohio newspaper about Andrew Riley.
I will keep looking for information on this future star of "America's Most Wanted."
The alleged accomplice and younger half-brother of Nelsonville teenager Andrew Riley admitted guilt today to charges related to Riley’s crimes.
Riley, 13, pleaded guilty in April to 23 counts of theft, burglary and other crimes in a case that received national media attention.
The alleged accomplice, 14-year-old Jeffrey Mehl of Nelsonville, admitted guilt to all but two counts against him in Athens County Juvenile Court, including theft of goods from a car, taking money from two businesses and receiving stolen property — all related to Riley’s crimes — as well as chronic truancy.
Mehl contested two counts of theft, for which another hearing will occur.
Miki Brooks, owner of FullBrooks Café in Nelsonville, where the teen admittedly stole money from a cash register, said Mehl needed to realize that real people were affected as a result of his actions.
Tracie Mcintosh, whose car Mehl broke into, told him there was still hope for him to change his ways.
Athens County Juvenile Court Judge Robert Stewart ended the proceedings before disposition, the sentencing process for juveniles.
Stewart also presided yesterday at a hearing in which Riley’s 12-year-old half brother admitted to receiving stolen property and was ordered to a diversion program.
The 12-year-old said he took $10 from Riley and Mehl in March of 2006 to “keep quiet” after learning the pair had robbed FullBrooks Café. One charge of felony vandalism and one charge of felony burglary were dropped in a plea bargain read by Athens County Assistant Prosecutor Keller Blackburn.
The proceedings took an interesting twist when the juvenile was asked to retell his story and it differed from the original account told to Blackburn and defense counsel Aaron Miller. Stewart issued a short recess, during which the parties agreed on a sequence of events.
By assigning the 12-year-old to a diversion program, Stewart declined to enter a finding of delinquency. If the juvenile does not successfully complete the diversion program, a finding of delinquency could be handed down at another date, Stewart said.
Blackburn protested to the ruling, citing that the 12-year-old had already gone through the diversion program in 2004 when charged with arson, but Stewart stood by his decision.
Blackburn also requested the juvenile pay restitution and write a letter of apology to FullBrooks Café, an order that mirrors Riley’s sentence. Stewart turned down both suggestions, citing that restitution should be sought from those directly involved in the crime.
I will keep looking for information on this future star of "America's Most Wanted."
The alleged accomplice and younger half-brother of Nelsonville teenager Andrew Riley admitted guilt today to charges related to Riley’s crimes.
Riley, 13, pleaded guilty in April to 23 counts of theft, burglary and other crimes in a case that received national media attention.
The alleged accomplice, 14-year-old Jeffrey Mehl of Nelsonville, admitted guilt to all but two counts against him in Athens County Juvenile Court, including theft of goods from a car, taking money from two businesses and receiving stolen property — all related to Riley’s crimes — as well as chronic truancy.
Mehl contested two counts of theft, for which another hearing will occur.
Miki Brooks, owner of FullBrooks Café in Nelsonville, where the teen admittedly stole money from a cash register, said Mehl needed to realize that real people were affected as a result of his actions.
Tracie Mcintosh, whose car Mehl broke into, told him there was still hope for him to change his ways.
Athens County Juvenile Court Judge Robert Stewart ended the proceedings before disposition, the sentencing process for juveniles.
Stewart also presided yesterday at a hearing in which Riley’s 12-year-old half brother admitted to receiving stolen property and was ordered to a diversion program.
The 12-year-old said he took $10 from Riley and Mehl in March of 2006 to “keep quiet” after learning the pair had robbed FullBrooks Café. One charge of felony vandalism and one charge of felony burglary were dropped in a plea bargain read by Athens County Assistant Prosecutor Keller Blackburn.
The proceedings took an interesting twist when the juvenile was asked to retell his story and it differed from the original account told to Blackburn and defense counsel Aaron Miller. Stewart issued a short recess, during which the parties agreed on a sequence of events.
By assigning the 12-year-old to a diversion program, Stewart declined to enter a finding of delinquency. If the juvenile does not successfully complete the diversion program, a finding of delinquency could be handed down at another date, Stewart said.
Blackburn protested to the ruling, citing that the 12-year-old had already gone through the diversion program in 2004 when charged with arson, but Stewart stood by his decision.
Blackburn also requested the juvenile pay restitution and write a letter of apology to FullBrooks Café, an order that mirrors Riley’s sentence. Stewart turned down both suggestions, citing that restitution should be sought from those directly involved in the crime.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
More Information on Andrew Riley
The Post Online of Athens, Ohio is becoming the major source of information on this "criminal."
Look what was written about Riley, his family and their lifestyle:
1. Police say Riley is a suspect in two break-ins at a local café; thefts at two residences; two incidents of vandalism in which windows at the Rocky Outdoor Gear store were broken; and several car break-ins.
2. Riley appeared in juvenile court on an arson charge when he was 11. That charge was dismissed after he attended an arson diversion program.
3. Officer Ed Downs, who is leading the Nelsonville police investigation said he thought Riley also had menacing charges pending when he was arrested on the arson charge.
4. People who live on the same street as Riley and his family often hear shouting and arguing coming from their house. They estimate that local police visit the house about every other week.
5. Nelsonville Police Chief David Redecker said his department’s file on the case is several inches thick.
6. Police executing a search warrant earlier this month at Riley’s home found a cache of stolen items, including knives, video games, hunting attire, jewelry and coats. Officers also found four check books reported stolen from a 77-year-old man and two cell phones reported stolen from another house.
7. Seven people, including Riley’s uncle, a convicted felon; two boys, ages 9 and 11; and a 5-year-old girl were living in the house. Two days after the search, the uncle was arrested on a warrant for an arson charge.
8. Police found a 54-inch flat-screen television on which they had seen Riley regularly playing the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
9. Police found about 80 percent of the stolen items at Riley’s home It is believed the remaining goods might have been sold.
10. Days after the search of the home, a video camera on Riley’s school bus captured him pinning the 15-year-old accomplice into a seat and beating him up. For that alleged beating, Riley was charged with witness intimidation and expelled from school, where he has a reputation for bullying.
11. Riley's biological father is incarcerated for aggravated robbery, kidnapping, intimidating a witness and other charges. He likely has little involvement in his son’s life.
When this kid is finally released, look for him on "Cops" or on a wanted poster near you.
Look what was written about Riley, his family and their lifestyle:
1. Police say Riley is a suspect in two break-ins at a local café; thefts at two residences; two incidents of vandalism in which windows at the Rocky Outdoor Gear store were broken; and several car break-ins.
2. Riley appeared in juvenile court on an arson charge when he was 11. That charge was dismissed after he attended an arson diversion program.
3. Officer Ed Downs, who is leading the Nelsonville police investigation said he thought Riley also had menacing charges pending when he was arrested on the arson charge.
4. People who live on the same street as Riley and his family often hear shouting and arguing coming from their house. They estimate that local police visit the house about every other week.
5. Nelsonville Police Chief David Redecker said his department’s file on the case is several inches thick.
6. Police executing a search warrant earlier this month at Riley’s home found a cache of stolen items, including knives, video games, hunting attire, jewelry and coats. Officers also found four check books reported stolen from a 77-year-old man and two cell phones reported stolen from another house.
7. Seven people, including Riley’s uncle, a convicted felon; two boys, ages 9 and 11; and a 5-year-old girl were living in the house. Two days after the search, the uncle was arrested on a warrant for an arson charge.
8. Police found a 54-inch flat-screen television on which they had seen Riley regularly playing the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
9. Police found about 80 percent of the stolen items at Riley’s home It is believed the remaining goods might have been sold.
10. Days after the search of the home, a video camera on Riley’s school bus captured him pinning the 15-year-old accomplice into a seat and beating him up. For that alleged beating, Riley was charged with witness intimidation and expelled from school, where he has a reputation for bullying.
11. Riley's biological father is incarcerated for aggravated robbery, kidnapping, intimidating a witness and other charges. He likely has little involvement in his son’s life.
When this kid is finally released, look for him on "Cops" or on a wanted poster near you.
A Tearful Riley Stands Before The Judge
He cries now, but he should have been crying when someone put the belt on his butt years ago.
The only reason he is crying now is because he got caught.
Do not let his actions fool you. he is playing to the court and the public.
Below is another article from the Athens, Ohio newspaper, "The Post Online."
Stifling tears and being comforted by family, 13-year-old Andrew Riley could only listen as lawyers and a juvenile court judge discussed his unusual case yesterday.
Riley, the Nelsonville juvenile who recently has received national media attention, faces 26 counts of theft, burglary and other crimes. Those 26 counts comprise more than 140 total charges, including 120 related to four stolen checkbooks.
Because he cannot be charged as an adult, conviction on one or all of the 14 felonies could remand Riley to the Department of Youth Services until his 21st birthday or could result in some sort of suspended commitment, such as probation, said Athens County Prosecutor C. David Warren.
Public defender James Wallace, Riley’s court-appointed attorney, filed a motion yesterday to close the hearings from “all persons other than the parties and their attorneys” — a gag order that would prevent the public and the media from attending court proceedings related to the case.
The motion states that “obviously inaccurate publicity” and “its unusual intensity” merit the state to close the proceedings. The motion will be discussed at a 2 p.m. hearing today in Judge Robert Stewart’s courtroom.
Wallace, both at the hearing and in the motion, said media coverage of the case has been inaccurate and wrote that “(the story) certainly does not call for the vilification which has been rained on the 13-year-old.”
That includes Riley being referred to as a “vicious little miscreant” on one Web site for his alleged role in about nine incidents, ranging from a theft at a Nelsonville cafe to a first-degree misdemeanor charge of intimidating a witness.
Before the pretrial hearing began, other members of Riley’s family criticized the media attention, saying the 13-year-old has been convicted before trial. Family members declined to comment further.
Riley has spent the last 30 days in a juvenile detention center. Magistrates denied two previous attempts to have him released to his family. Wallace filed another motion, this time proposing to place him with Judith Riley, the boy’s maternal grandmother. If the motion were granted, Riley would live in his grandmother’s three-bedroom trailer in Marshfield and wear an electronic monitoring system. An uncle that lives nearby would also help.
“It would maximize time he has with family members,” Wallace said. “He can live again as a 13-year-old.”
Riley’s residence, where his mother and her boyfriend live, is without a telephone and would be ineligible for placement. If he were released, he would be allowed one call to his mother per week.
Assistant County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn, who is prosecuting the case, said the state is worried that the grandmother would be unable to “control the situation” and that representatives of Riley’s former school could testify to the danger of his release.
He needs to stay in jail until the trial and if found guilty, kept in jail as long as legally possible.
The only reason he is crying now is because he got caught.
Do not let his actions fool you. he is playing to the court and the public.
Below is another article from the Athens, Ohio newspaper, "The Post Online."
Stifling tears and being comforted by family, 13-year-old Andrew Riley could only listen as lawyers and a juvenile court judge discussed his unusual case yesterday.
Riley, the Nelsonville juvenile who recently has received national media attention, faces 26 counts of theft, burglary and other crimes. Those 26 counts comprise more than 140 total charges, including 120 related to four stolen checkbooks.
Because he cannot be charged as an adult, conviction on one or all of the 14 felonies could remand Riley to the Department of Youth Services until his 21st birthday or could result in some sort of suspended commitment, such as probation, said Athens County Prosecutor C. David Warren.
Public defender James Wallace, Riley’s court-appointed attorney, filed a motion yesterday to close the hearings from “all persons other than the parties and their attorneys” — a gag order that would prevent the public and the media from attending court proceedings related to the case.
The motion states that “obviously inaccurate publicity” and “its unusual intensity” merit the state to close the proceedings. The motion will be discussed at a 2 p.m. hearing today in Judge Robert Stewart’s courtroom.
Wallace, both at the hearing and in the motion, said media coverage of the case has been inaccurate and wrote that “(the story) certainly does not call for the vilification which has been rained on the 13-year-old.”
That includes Riley being referred to as a “vicious little miscreant” on one Web site for his alleged role in about nine incidents, ranging from a theft at a Nelsonville cafe to a first-degree misdemeanor charge of intimidating a witness.
Before the pretrial hearing began, other members of Riley’s family criticized the media attention, saying the 13-year-old has been convicted before trial. Family members declined to comment further.
Riley has spent the last 30 days in a juvenile detention center. Magistrates denied two previous attempts to have him released to his family. Wallace filed another motion, this time proposing to place him with Judith Riley, the boy’s maternal grandmother. If the motion were granted, Riley would live in his grandmother’s three-bedroom trailer in Marshfield and wear an electronic monitoring system. An uncle that lives nearby would also help.
“It would maximize time he has with family members,” Wallace said. “He can live again as a 13-year-old.”
Riley’s residence, where his mother and her boyfriend live, is without a telephone and would be ineligible for placement. If he were released, he would be allowed one call to his mother per week.
Assistant County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn, who is prosecuting the case, said the state is worried that the grandmother would be unable to “control the situation” and that representatives of Riley’s former school could testify to the danger of his release.
He needs to stay in jail until the trial and if found guilty, kept in jail as long as legally possible.
Victim Was Riley's Accomplice
I guess their is no honor among theives.
From the Athens, Ohio newspaper, The Post Online
The alleged accomplice of a Nelsonville boy facing more than 100 charges had a warrant issued for his arrest after he failed to appear in Athens County Juvenile Court yesterday.
Jeffrey Mehl, 15, told Nelsonville police he had taken part in some of the alleged crimes of 13-year-old Andrew Riley. Mehl was also the victim in a videotaped incident that led to Riley’s charge of intimidating a witness.
Mehl faces eight misdemeanor charges of complicity to theft and one felony charge of complicity to burglary. He also faces two charges of receiving stolen property, one a felony and the other a misdemeanor. The severity of a receiving stolen property charge hinges on the value of the stolen items.
Riley, the Nelsonville teen facing 14 felony and 12 misdemeanor counts, was caught on tape attacking Mehl on a school bus because Mehl had spoken with police about the crimes, police said.
Assistant County Prosecutor Patrick Lang, who requested the warrant, was quick to assert that arresting Mehl is not the ideal course of action sought by the court.
“We want to make every effort to get in contact with the family so he can come into court,” he said. “It’s always a last resort to have to get a police officer and arrest a kid.”
I think a good trip to the woodshed would have done both these young punks some good.
From the Athens, Ohio newspaper, The Post Online
The alleged accomplice of a Nelsonville boy facing more than 100 charges had a warrant issued for his arrest after he failed to appear in Athens County Juvenile Court yesterday.
Jeffrey Mehl, 15, told Nelsonville police he had taken part in some of the alleged crimes of 13-year-old Andrew Riley. Mehl was also the victim in a videotaped incident that led to Riley’s charge of intimidating a witness.
Mehl faces eight misdemeanor charges of complicity to theft and one felony charge of complicity to burglary. He also faces two charges of receiving stolen property, one a felony and the other a misdemeanor. The severity of a receiving stolen property charge hinges on the value of the stolen items.
Riley, the Nelsonville teen facing 14 felony and 12 misdemeanor counts, was caught on tape attacking Mehl on a school bus because Mehl had spoken with police about the crimes, police said.
Assistant County Prosecutor Patrick Lang, who requested the warrant, was quick to assert that arresting Mehl is not the ideal course of action sought by the court.
“We want to make every effort to get in contact with the family so he can come into court,” he said. “It’s always a last resort to have to get a police officer and arrest a kid.”
I think a good trip to the woodshed would have done both these young punks some good.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Youth, 13, Charged With 128 Felonies
Andrew Riley, aged 13, is charged with 128 felonies following a crime spree that lasted over a year.As an educator, I have seen first hand, hard core cases similar to this one.
I don't know all the specifics, but can make some generalizations about this "young man."
1. He has been a discipline problem in school, from a very early age.
2. His parents are uneducated and have very little experience in child rearing.
3. The home life is very poor.
4. The parents are too wrapped up in their own lives and take little interest in the lives of their children.
5. Alcohol and drugs are involved in the family at some level.
6. When this "young man" had problem with rules and authority in the past, the parents sided with their child and not the authorities.
7. Discipline was very weak in the family.
8. Spanking was not used as discipline.
9. The parents themselves had trouble with the law and authority in the past.
10. The "young man" has no fear in his life. Fear, whether real or imagined, is what keeps most children in line at an early age.
Be that as it may, the parents are in part ot blame for this. Yes, the "young man" must be held responsible for his actions, but so must the parents.
I am willing to bet if the first time any of this started, one of the parents had taken him to the woodshed for an attitude adjustment, he might have had a chance.
However, society will feel sorry for this "young man" and try to rehabilitate him, at a great cost to the taxpayers.
It is too bad we can't go back to the days of the 1950s. I can guarantee is he had been raised like I was, he wouldn't dare pull the stuff he did.
Trash is trash, no matter what the age, gender, and race. This kid might be considered white trash, but that would give white trash a bad name.
Rehabilitation might be the correct course to take, but I don't see it having a positive outcome.
Look for this "young man" on "COPS" or in the death chamber in the future. Yes, that is a harsh statement, but experience has taught me that some people cannot be turned for the better.
Link here for the article on this story.
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