5 acquitted for "scaring teen straight"

**Fire Me Boy!** · 08-11-2006, 11:06 AM

http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_sc...itted_for.html

5 acquitted for "scaring teen straight"

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A father and four guards at a juvenile detention center were acquitted Thursday of breaking the law by taking the man's teenage son on a frightening visit to the lockup in hopes of scaring him straight.

“I don't think what you did rises to criminal conduct,” Judge David Cashman said in acquitting the five men on charges that included conspiracy, child endangerment and unlawful restraint. “Stupid, maybe. Immature. But not criminal.”

Anthony Donald, 39, of Penn Hills, was charged for taking his son Anthony Jr., then 13, to Shuman Juvenile Detention Center in 2005 after the boy got in trouble at school. The father knew several guards at the Pittsburgh center.

In a one-hour visit, the boy was beaten and yelled at, then forced to partially strip and clean a sink with a toothbrush, authorities said.

After the teenager told his mother what happened, she took him to the hospital for treatment of bruises and authorities were notified.

Five guards were fired. The guards acknowledged trying to frighten the boy but denied he was beaten.

The father's attorney, John Elash, said the boy, Anthony Donald Jr., an eighth-grader who stood 6-foot-1 and weighed 260 pounds, had threatened teachers and “had everybody scared to death at school.”

**Fire Me Boy!** · 08-11-2006, 11:07 AM

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Anthony Donald Jr., an eighth-grader who stood 6-foot-1 and weighed 260 pounds

That is one damn big 13-year-old.

Valiant · 08-11-2006, 11:11 AM

But did it work...

Demonpenz · 08-11-2006, 11:14 AM

probably should take a flyer on him

StcChief · 08-11-2006, 11:18 AM

Nice work Dad....

Prove that just because at 13 your bigger than everyone
doesn't mean you an do what you want....

BIG_DADDY · 08-11-2006, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

That is one damn big 13-year-old.

That's what I was thinking.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 08-11-2006, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by nm_dbf

Nice work Dad....

Prove that just because at 13 your bigger than everyone
doesn't mean you an do what you want....

OH.... I just read the headline and thought he was afraid his kid was gay.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 08-11-2006, 11:22 AM

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With the 21st pick in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs pick Anthony Donald Jr., defensive tackle from Pennsylvania State University.

Cormac · 08-11-2006, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

OH.... I just read the headline and thought he was afraid his kid was gay.

That's what I thought too

Cormac · 08-11-2006, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz

probably should take a flyer on him

Dammit Carl

sorry, force of habit

Nightwish · 08-11-2006, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_sc...itted_for.html

5 acquitted for "scaring teen straight"

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A father and four guards at a juvenile detention center were acquitted Thursday of breaking the law by taking the man's teenage son on a frightening visit to the lockup in hopes of scaring him straight.

“I don't think what you did rises to criminal conduct,” Judge David Cashman said in acquitting the five men on charges that included conspiracy, child endangerment and unlawful restraint. “Stupid, maybe. Immature. But not criminal.”

Anthony Donald, 39, of Penn Hills, was charged for taking his son Anthony Jr., then 13, to Shuman Juvenile Detention Center in 2005 after the boy got in trouble at school. The father knew several guards at the Pittsburgh center.

In a one-hour visit, the boy was beaten and yelled at, then forced to partially strip and clean a sink with a toothbrush, authorities said.

After the teenager told his mother what happened, she took him to the hospital for treatment of bruises and authorities were notified.

Five guards were fired. The guards acknowledged trying to frighten the boy but denied he was beaten.

The father's attorney, John Elash, said the boy, Anthony Donald Jr., an eighth-grader who stood 6-foot-1 and weighed 260 pounds, had threatened teachers and “had everybody scared to death at school.”

I'm surprised they tried to press this as a crime. Several states, including Missouri, have "scared straight" programs that operate exactly as the article describes (except I don't think they are allowed to actually touch the kids). If the kid really was beaten, that should raise some eyebrows, but the rest of it sounds pretty much like a typical scared straight program.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 08-11-2006, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightwish

I'm surprised they tried to press this as a crime. Several states, including Missouri, have "scared straight" programs that operate exactly as the article describes (except I don't think they are allowed to actually touch the kids). If the kid really was beaten, that should raise some eyebrows, but the rest of it sounds pretty much like a typical scared straight program.

Maybe because it wasn't under the watchful eye of an organization or "program"...

Moooo · 08-11-2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightwish

I'm surprised they tried to press this as a crime. Several states, including Missouri, have "scared straight" programs that operate exactly as the article describes (except I don't think they are allowed to actually touch the kids). If the kid really was beaten, that should raise some eyebrows, but the rest of it sounds pretty much like a typical scared straight program.

Here's another question, if they're at this detention center, why are there not CAMERAS to prove or disprove such activity?

Moooo

**fan4ever** · 08-11-2006, 02:10 PM

Personally, as long as the kid wasn't beaten, I applaud the dad for trying to do something. I would assume before going to this level he had probably talked himself blue. If his kid wants to grow up to threaten authority figures, he was just showing him a glimpse of his future; prison.

sedated · 08-11-2006, 02:18 PM

if the dad would have beaten the kid more often, none of this would have been necessary

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