Legal Question in Juvenile Dependency in Indiana
prank phone call by a juvenile
My son, along with 10-15 other track team members made a prank phone call with sexual comments to a girl. My son imitated a coaches voice and left the actual message. He was punnished by the school with a 5 day Out of School Suspension in a GRASP program. (he spent 5 days in a classroom run by community corrections doing homework in the mornings and community service in the afternoon). The people there say he is a very good kid and doesn't belong there. The girl he and the track team called has filed a complaint with the police and now the prosecutor's office is telling us we have to bring him in for an intake session. Our lawer told us not to take him in unless we get a supbena. He is an honor student, plays 3 sports and is a good kid. How do we protect him from being put ''in the juvenile system?'' No one else was punished by the school. He was also asked by the school official if he ''was a christian?, attended church? and watched porn? No parent was present during the discussion with my son. He was made to write a description of what happened and signed without a parent present? How do we protest this with the school?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: prank phone call by a juvenile
Your son admitted to the conduct, so the "good kid" thing doesn't work: he did something illegal and he's about to get in trouble for it.
REALLY try to mediate this with the girl's parents. You have no idea to what extent she was traumatized by this,--clearly they're not taking it sitting down. She's the victim here...and the coach.
Chances are, they will be open to getting it out of the legal system and into the "parent system" if given the invitation.
If you can do this, then chances are the prosecutor will go along with whatever the parents want. See the power shift here? They probably have better things to do than chase prank callers.
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