Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial

[Anonymous]

http://www.insidenova.com/headlines/charges-dropped-in-milk-theft-case/article_c3481d0c-bc26-11e6-b096-3fe9f68f7349.html

Prince William prosecutors are dropping charges against a Dumfries teenager accused of stealing a 65-cent carton of milk at Graham Park Middle School earlier this year.

That’s according to Karl Brower, president of the Prince William chapter of the NAACP. The group spent the last few months helping 15-year-old Ryan Turk and his family navigate the unusual legal dispute, which was sparked by Ryan’s confrontation with a school resource officer at the Triangle school in May.

The officer claimed that the teenager was trying to steal the milk, while Ryan told several media outlets that he qualified for free lunch at the school and didn’t think he was doing anything wrong.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the decision Tuesday night.

Ryan was facing charges of petit larceny and disorderly conduct, and was originally set to face trial in late November, Brower said. But prosecutors asked for a continuance in order to hammer out a deal with Ryan’s family lawyers, leading to the agreement to drop the charges.

[Anonymous]

Wonder what the agreement was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Javert has been chasing this kid for years.

Clap Clap Clap!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

Or, on the flip side, he did nothing wrong, felt like he did nothing wrong, and was blamed for something and offered an opportunity to cop a plea when he was actually innocent? So now he is trying to make a stand to show the biases of the system?

I agree with this. He didn't do anything wrong. They need to throw this case out- over a .65 cent milk. The prosecutors should be ashamed.

Welcome to Virginia

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

Well played, kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

Or, on the flip side, he did nothing wrong, felt like he did nothing wrong, and was blamed for something and offered an opportunity to cop a plea when he was actually innocent? So now he is trying to make a stand to show the biases of the system?

And the TV will be interested because, you know, justice. The kid is right to make them take it to court.