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Wednesday, May 16. 2012

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A wanted juvenile, 16, and a second juvenile, 13, face charges after police found them in a wooded area off Creekwood Road in Winder near stolen firearms on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.

Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said Wednesday afternoon that the teens, whose names cannot be released because of their ages, face charges of entering auto, theft by taking, burglary, criminal trespass, run away juvenile and unruly juvenile. The 16-year-old also faces charges of aggravated assault family violence and terroristic threats family violence.

Both teens were detained without incident.

“The good thing is everybody is fine and they are all safe,” said Smith.

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#1 c on 05/16/12 at 04:33 PM [Reply]

The sad thing about this is they will be back out of jail in no time at all. Truly sad that kids are doing things like this nowadays. It worries me to even send my child to school to be around kids like this. Does anyone see what is going on with these kids and realize that there is something wrong? Or do they just look the other way?

#1.1 Michael Robinson on 05/16/12 at 07:08 PM [Reply]

Kids have always done dumb things, including stealing. It's no more prevalent than it was in the past.

Barrow Journal seems better about not sensationalizing, but local media in general is desperate for attention with the Internet taking most of its viewers and readers.

More things like this make the news, but not much else has changed.

#2 Anonymous on 05/16/12 at 09:33 PM [Reply]

They should be given repeated doses of Depo Provera.
That will condition them to obey the law.

#3 Reality on 05/18/12 at 05:03 AM [Reply]

Juvenile crime is going up for two reasons.

1) Lack of parenting. Parents are either too afraid to discipline their children because of the laws surrounding child abuse, or they rather be their kids friend instead of being a parent. Being a parent is that, it is your job to raise your child. You do not need to be your kids best friend. Parenting is a dictatorship, and you (the parent)are the ultimate power in the house. Stop being your child's best friend and raise them. State of Georgia is a Corporal Punishment State, which means, you can spank your child. As long as you don't leave permanent marks, no blood, and no broken bones, IT'S DISCIPLINE. The State says you only have to provide them food to eat, clothes to wear, and a place to sleep. They do not need to the most trendy of clothes, they don't need a tv, a cell phone, the Playstation 3's, or an IPad.

2) The system is broken. The kids know that juvenile court is not going to do anything too them. They know that they can break every law on the books, the court is just going to slap their hand at best and send them back home. The kids know that even if they do manage to go to a Youth Detention Center, they run the assylum. They know the gaurds can't do anything to them, because all they have to do is scream "child abuse."

Let's get back to the way things were 30+ years ago. Spoil the Rod.

#3.1 You don't need the rod, you need on 05/18/12 at 05:52 AM [Reply]

consistence. Starting from the age they can crawl, when you tell them NO- MEAN IT!

No, don't touch that or else ..... replace else with .. or I will time you out, slap your little hand (not hard), etc. AND FOLLOW THROUGH with it.

Always be consistent ... tell them no, tell them why and FOLLOW THROUGH on the consequences.

#3.2 trying parent on 05/18/12 at 11:56 PM [Reply]

Good post but as a parent to a child who has problems like these 2 boys...

The system makes it hard and giving the children the idea that they can report the parents.

The JV court system SUCKS!!! They blame the parents and punish the parents instead of the child.

Once a teen sets their mind to do something they are going to do it reguardless of how good or bad the parenting skills are...

And to prove the system sucks the 13 year old child was back in school the next day!!!

The 16 year old has some of the best people raising him (his grandparents) and they have gone above and beyond to make this child succeed in life.

The system is screwing the children over by having DFACS in everything and not allow the parents to do their job.

#4 Another trying parent on 05/21/12 at 06:35 AM [Reply]

I feel your pain!! My daughter was a troubled child. She was on probation for trying to sell drugs. The court system was a JOKE. They did NOTHING. She would have a positive drug test for meth and they put her on HOUSE arrest. Yeah, with two full time working parents - that was genius. I cried, begged, pleaded for help. Nothing. The only person that suffered for my child being on probation was ME. She thought it was a joke and they proved her right.
To top it all off, once she turned 18, they had the audacity to call me and tell me they were going to keep her case open. For what, I will never understand...what a waste of tax payer funds...
Oh, and my daughter is still on the streets. A meth addict refusing any help and refusing to admit her drug use is a problem. Great job Barrow County. They could have stepped in and done their job. They talked about sending her to rehab. ALL TALK. No action what so ever. They are a WASTE of space and tax dollars.

#5 c on 05/21/12 at 01:17 PM [Reply]

This is one of the reasons I have decided to homeschool my child after this year. I am afraid for his safety in the schools. The juvenile system seriously needs to be changed. There is no reason that child should have been back at school after that. I thought it was a felony to bring a gun to school. We were told by a student at the school that these boys brought the guns to school and the school was on lockdown. Not sure if all of it was true, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did.

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