>Re: Boredom beating case: Three nigger youths who attacked Pat Mahaney get their
> sentences 18 months later
CINCINNATI —Three of six teenagers accused of beating a North College Hill
stranger out of boredom were sentenced in juvenile court Thursday.
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All were football players at the same middle school at the time of the
attack.
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Two of these three are brothers, no longer on electronic monitoring, but
now on their way to a juvenile rehabilitation program in the community.
What to do with the other youth, who is now 16 years old, presented more
of a quandary for visiting Judge Sylvia Hendon.
Prosecutors say he is the youth who struck the first blow.
They described him as capable of reform, but also capable of "horrific
things."
"He presents himself well," assistant prosecutor Matthew Wallace said. "He
has the ability to do those things. It's just that in this instance and in
other incidences, he's made the deliberate decision to not follow the
law."
The teen told Hendon it could've been anybody, but when Pat Mahaney came
walking by in August of 2012, he and five friends, all young teens,
pounced and pummeled him because they were bored.
The twin brothers were ordered to a diversion program.
Their mentor was there to support and counsel them, repeating how they
need to stay positive and focused on improving their behavior.
Deandre Lue is the CEO and president of Trinit-D Network Services, a firm
that specializes in repairing broken lives.
Lue told WLWT News 5 that since becoming involved and getting the youths
on a better academic track, their grades have improved from F’s to C's and
B's.
"They've learned, they've changed, they've exhibited behavior that shows
that they've changed and I think going forward, they will grow to be
pillars of the community," Lue said.
Fourteen letters from North College Hill residents were presented,
expressing concern about random violence, the impact of it on a
neighborhood they love, asking the judge to deliver stern punishment.
Mahaney died last year of causes unrelated to the beating he suffered a
year earlier.
His loved ones were in court for the sentencing.
Referring to the teen defendants, Mahaney’s brother Michael said, "I hope
they can straighten out their lives. Skeptical if they can, but I hope
they do."
"We know kids can be good for nine months, a year, but will they fall back
into their routine?" asked Peg, sister-in-law of the victim.
Hendon said from the bench that the 16-year-old would spend a minimum of
one year in the state's juvenile facility.
But, taking note of his difficult circumstances growing up, she also
stated the community owes him the mental health treatment he needs.
She questioned whether he could receive that kind of help in the juvenile
prison environment.
In delivering a minimum one-year sentence, Hendon provided the 16-year-old
with a referral to a secure diversion program, where she hopes he'll get
the kind of help that will put him on a productive path.
She made it a point to stress that "this community is losing too many
young African-Americans to crime."
There were three other defendants in Mahaney’s beating. One still has a
trial date pending. The remaining two received probation.
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