You force your way into an apartment armed with brass knuckles and a broom stick, you threaten the occupants with their life, you steal from them and when caught, the prosecutor says no problem.
Do you have any proof this is what happened?
Well let us see, that is the charge and what the officers caught the home invaders with. Clearly outlined by the prosecutor in his comments to the press, and evident in the charge that Mr. Noel pleaded guilty too. According to the prosecutor and the police report, Mr. Noel had a club, Mr. Belack had brass knuckles, and the other had a broom handle and there were threats that they would kill at least one of the members of the house. This is all very readily available information in the public domain.
Being accused of a crime is not proof that you committed a crime.
All the "facts" you stated above are accusations against these young men. All of these young men have been charged with committing these crimes, but none of them have been convicted of any of these charges. From the sounds of this thread, none of these men will ever be convicted. Maybe the "facts" aren't as clear cut as the media has made them out to be.
It's amazing to me that some of the same people complaining about "fake news" in one thread on this board are so quick to hold a trial by means of the media in another thread.
"Innocent until proven guilty"
Well then lets see, the young man PLEAD GUILTY (not NO contest), but guilty to a 1st degree felony of aggravated robbery, which means a weapon and intimidation was involved in the crime (those are your facts, and have played out in a court of law, so the "proven guilty" part is there!!! (so these facts are pretty much proven to be accurate) The question that was asked by another poster was, would other people of different backgrounds receive such a light sentence.
The lone case on the criminal docket from this month is for Jacob Ready. He plead guilty to a 3rd degree felony, not the 1st degree felony you mentioned earlier in this thread.
http://coc.athensoh.org/eservices/?x=xcewxpQLDWMqsS*p-*0Y... Reading the notes on that case, it seems the car used here may have been his.
It sure wouldn't seem to be much of a stretch that the prosecutor might offer a deal to the driver in exchange for testimony against those who broke into the house.
That said, while the other cases may be moving forward, we are still in the same situation I mentioned above... While we've got a bunch of supposed "facts" about this case, the reality is nobody here who is up in arms was their that day and knows what really happened. There are two sides to every story, and so far we've heard one side.
Last Edited: 12/14/2016 11:17:06 AM by The Optimist