Posted on 08/16/2006 12:12:13 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
Today: August 16, 2006 at 11:0:38 PDT
Teens Sent to Jail Over Deer-Decoy Crash
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KENTON, Ohio (AP) - A judge decided two high school athletes can complete the football season this fall before they serve 60-day jail sentences for a car crash caused by a decoy deer placed in a country road. Two teens were injured.
"I shouldn't be doing this, but I'm going to. I see positive things about participating in football," Judge Gary McKinley said Tuesday.
Dailyn Campbell, a 16-year-old quarterback for Kenton High, and 17-year-old teammate Jesse Howard will serve their time in a juvenile detention center. They were also ordered to write a 500-word essay titled "Why I Should Think Before I Act."
Last November, teens stole the decoy from a man's home, created a base to help it stand upright because it had only two legs, and then drove up and down the road, watching as drivers swerved to avoid it, prosecutor Brad Bailey said. He said Howard did not stop the prank.
Robert Roby Jr. crashed his car into a pole and broke his neck, collarbone, arm and leg. His passenger, Dustin Zachariah, suffered brain damage, Bailey said.
Campbell and Howard pleaded no contest to vehicular vandalism and other charges. Three other teenagers are awaiting trial in the fall.
"None of these guys will ever know what our sons have gone through," Roby's mother, Mary, wrote to the court. "If they get nothing for what they've done, they'll do something worse later. They need more than a slap on the wrist."
Both Campbell and Howard apologized at their sentencing.
"I think every day that I hurt someone, and that hurts me inside," Howard said.
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Hold muh beer, and watch this ruling ...
I "see positive things about" removing a$$hole judges from the bench. I don't think the victims are going to be playing their favorite sports again EVER. But gosh, it would just be too harsh to keep these delinquent local football stars from playing for the rest of the season.
Oh deer!
If the judge didn't let the football players play, his high school football fantasy team would be worthless. - sarc
"Oh my, I see a deer, I guess I'll drive head on into this phone pole."
Huh?
The judge must be a big fan of the local high school football team.
I like wrote the like 500-words essay for like you know these guys...Beavis and Butthead:
"Why I Should Think Before I Act."
And like I should think, you know, before I act, because like you know man, it’s like bad to act before you like think. I think acting before like thinking is like the wrong thing to do because it is like bad.
I think it is very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very bad because it is like really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really wrong. You know.
A judge decided two high school athletes can complete the football season this fall before they serve 60-day jail sentences for a car crash caused by a decoy deer placed in a country road. Two teens were injured.
Didn't anybody simply run the thing down?
It is along the lines of "Whats this button for?" as in the last thing the teacher on the Space Shuttle said. And yes, of course, I do feel bad for the injured people.
Controlled impact is always safer than veering off the road.
Ever hit a deer? Figure on a minimum of $3000 of body damage.
Always? Are you sure?
If it doesn't kill you first.
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