Trade ya for our "underprivilaged minoritys" (or whatever the current PC excuse is for acting like a bunch of wannabe thugs and gang bangers)
Teen boys accused in Brecksville woman's death deny charges
4 teens deny charges in woman's death; prosecutors relay story of fatal accident Tuesday, August 07, 2007Rachel Dissell, Joe Guillen and Gabriel BairdPlain Dealer Reporters
Four teens accused of joy riding in a stolen car that struck and killed a suburban seamstress were portrayed by law enforcement as stony thugs.
Prosecutors said they showed "absolutely no remorse" and joked after their arrests.
But Monday, a different picture emerged of the quartet of boys with "D" names: Dontez, Durraymus, Davonta and Devonte. In Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, they sat with slumped shoulders and solemn faces as a prosecutor described how Virginia DiGiorgio was killed Saturday evening as she walked across Prospect Avenue
Dontez Hairston, the 13-year-old who authorities say led police on a chase, had tears streaming down his cheeks as Assistant County Prosecutor James Wyman told a magistrate, "This is the young man who drove the car, who killed the woman."
Assistant County Prosecutor Carmen Naso, who heads the juvenile division, said there was a possible turning point Saturday where the death could have been avoided.
Police pulled over the stolen 1997 Plymouth Breeze at East 30th Street and Carnegie Avenue. The driver stopped, the four car doors opened. "They could have gotten out. They could have rolled out of the car," Naso said.
Instead, as an officer walked toward the car, it accelerated, struck another car and turned onto Prospect Avenue.
County public defenders did most of the talking for the middle schoolers. The boys whispered responses indicating they understood their legal rights.
The 14-year-old passengers -- Davonta McIntyre, Davonte Johnson and Durraymus Gillis -- are charged with involuntary manslaughter and receiving stolen property. Dontez is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and related charges.
All four teenagers denied the charges -- a formality -- and will remain in the detention center. None had juvenile records.
Chief Juvenile Public Defender Sam Amata said the rough detention center environment forces the teens to act tough.
But privately,
the boys are distressed, he said. Dontez, the driver, told a social worker that he couldn't stop thinking about the sound of the car hitting DiGiorgio. Davonte and Davonta are supposed to be eighth-graders this fall at Cleveland's Marion-Sterling School, near the public housing where three of the boys live.
I hope to high hell they are DISTRESSED. Their stupid, criminal antics just killed a woman.
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