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The Press of Atlantic City covers high-profile juvenile cases, including murders, but also reports sentencing for other crimes, such as assaults, rapes, sexual assaults, armed robberies, arson and weapons offenses. The following juveniles' cases were recently handled in Family Court by Judge James L. Jackson.

•Darien Johnson, 13, and Jamie Sewell, 14, both of Atlantic City

Charge: Robbery.

Crime: Johnson and Sewell assaulted someone while trying to rob them in Atlantic City on April 21.

Punishment: Both received probation and were ordered to receive a substance-abuse

evaluation and comply with any recommendations, attend school, have not contact with the victim or each other, submit to DNA typing, and pay fines and penalties. Johnson was also put on the Home Electronic Detention System and ordered to attend anger-management counseling. Sewell must also pay restitution.

•Chrischan Faulkner, 14, Atlantic City

Charge: Aggravated arson.

Crime: Faulkner started a fire in a Tropicana Casino and Resort bathroom March 5.

Punishment: Probation for 18 months. Must attend a Fire Safety Course and counseling, perform 50 hours of community service, pay restitution, submit to DNA typing and pay $75 in fines and penalties. He also is banned from the Tropicana.

•John Bradley, 13, Galloway Township

Charge: Conspiracy to commit false public alarm.

Crime: On Dec. 17, Bradley and a co-defendant circulated a false report that a crime was going to happen at the Galloway Township Middle School.

Punishment: Probation for a year. Must attend a Fire Safety Course and the Juvenile Victim Impact Program, submit to DNA typing and pay $45 in fines and penalties. He also will lose his driver's license for six months.

•Jose Jeffrey, 17, Pleasantville

Charge: Aggravated assault on a teacher.

Crime: Jeffrey assaulted a teacher at Pleasantville High School on April 23.

Punishment: One-year probation. Must attend the Juvenile Victim Impact Program, submit to DNA typing and pay $45 in fines and penalties.

•Steven Young Jr., 17, Pleasantville

Charge: Unlawful possession of a weapon.

Crime: Young was found in possession of a handgun March 31 in Atlantic City.

Punishment: Suspended 18-month sentence at the Training School for Boys. Probation until January. Placed on the Home Electronic Detention System. Must cooperate with Youth Case Management, attend outpatient substance-abuse treatment, submit to periodic urine monitoring, attend school and counseling, submit to DNA typing and pay $45 in fines and penalties.

•Dayshawn Brown, 15, Pleasantville

Charge: Burglary.

Crime: Brown and two co-defendants burglarized a Pleasantville business May 13.

Punishment: Placed on the Juvenile Intensive Supervision Program for 18 months. Must pay restitution, not have contact with the victim or co-defendants, cooperate with Youth Case Management for services, attend the Juvenile Victim Impact Program and school, submit to DNA typing, and pay $45 in fines and penalties.

•Erick Harvey, 17, Atlantic City

Charge: Aggravated assault.

Crime: Harvey assaulted a teacher's aide at Ranch Hope in Alloway Township, Salem County, on Dec. 21, 2007.

Punishment: Suspended 18-month sentence at the Training School for Boys and one-year probation. Must attend the Minister's Home Detention Project, pay restitution, submit to DNA typing and pay $105 in fines and penalties.

•Brian Thomas Jr., 15, Atlantic City

Charge: Possession of heroin with intent to distribute.

Crime: Thomas was found in possession of heroin he

intended to distribute in Atlantic City on May 1.

Punishment: One year of

probation. Must attend

outpatient substance-abuse treatment, the Minister's Home Detention Project and school, submit to periodic urine

monitoring, submit to DNA

typing and pay $1,070 in fines and penalties. He is also restrained from the area of Mount Vernon Avenue and will lose his driver's license for six months.

•David Parks Jr., 17, Mays Landing

Charge: Conspiracy to distribute marijuana in a school zone.

Crime: Parks and another

individual agreed to distribute marijuana April 8 in Oakcrest High School.

Punishment: One year of

probation. Must perform 100 hours of community service, submit to random urine

monitoring, submit to DNA

typing and pay $45 in fines and penalties.

•Harry Peterson, 17, Galloway Township

Charge: Burglary.

Crime: Peterson and three co-defendants burglarized a Hamilton Township home

May 6.

Punishment: Probation until June 2010. Must cooperate with Youth Case Management and Functional Family Therapy, attend outpatient substance-abuse treatment, submit to

periodic urine monitoring, have no contact with the victim or

co-defendants, attend school, pay restitution, submit to DNA typing and pay $75 in fines and penalties.

•Tyree White Jr., 14, Atlantic City

Charge: Unlawful possession of a weapon.

Crime: White was found in possession of a BB gun in Atlantic City on April 25.

Punishment: One-year probation. Must attend the Minister's Home Detention Project and the Juvenile Victim Impact Program, submit to DNA typing and pay $45 in fines and penalties.

Lynda Cohen.

2 comments:

• Reality (1) posts 11:04 am

  This is the problem with our criminal justice system. These juveniles commit serious crimes and don't get any real punishment for their actions. They learn at an early age, you commit a crime and the system is easy on you. If you would be tougher on these kids when they commit a crime, maybe it would knock some sense into them when it comes to committing a crime in the future. I want these kids in a facility where they have to work hard, like those boot-camp facilities. Work them hard each day, so they won't want to return to a life of crime. But no, we give probation to them, fine them a minimal amount of money, it's a disgrace. And you wonder why there is so much crime in this country. We are way too lenient with our criminals, both as a juvenile and as an adult.

• SASZYLADY2 (23) posts 10:40 am

  Unbelievable the amount of crimes these youth are committing, ruining their records for life. Do they really think they are not going to be caught? Probation? What happened to them being sent to Juvenile detention for a year when they assulted a teacher?

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