Agreed, but this is Newark , NJ, they will not go for the big one and I doubt that they try the younger punks as adults. We will see, but the local officials have a piss poor track record.
This past weekend I picked up the DVD for "12 Days of Terror," about the Matawan shark attacks in and off NJ back in 1916. The local authorities and "experts," were depicted as bumbling incompetents that turned a blind eye to the shark in their waters in order to avoid bad publicity and the adverse impact on the economy.
I couldn't help but think about this case being handled the same way.