5 Teens Accused Of Throwing Rocks From Overpass Face Murder Charges In Man's Death
From left: Kyle Anger, 17, Mikadyn Payne, 16, and Mark Sekelsky, 16, could face life behind bars. (Genesee County Prosecutors Office)
Five teenagers will be charged as adults in the death of a Michigan man who was killed by a rock allegedly thrown off of an interstate’s overpass last week, prosecutors announced Monday.
Kenneth Andrew White, 32, was traveling home from work along Interstate 75 in Vienna Township on Wednesday night when a 6-pound rock smashed through the windshield of the car he was riding in and struck him while he sat in the passenger seat, authorities said.
White, a father of four, died from blunt force trauma to the head and chest, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said at a press conference.
From left: Alexander Miller, 15, and Trevor Gray, 15, could face life behind bars. (Genesee County Prosecutors Office)
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Asked if the suspects have expressed any remorse for their actions, Pickell said there’s a chance they may now that they’re behind bars.
“After their rock-throwing incident, they climbed back into the van and went to McDonald’s and ate,” he said.
At Monday’s press conference, Pickell praised Leyton for “throwing the book” at the suspects and setting an example.
“It’s not a prank; it’s second-degree murder. I don’t think anybody’s laughing,” he said. “You make a bad decision, you could be spending the rest of your life in prison. This is not a prank.”
Hard to believe. As an example for others, I hope they're incarcerated for a long time.
But they won't be. There will be plea-bargaining, deals made, evidence that they've always been angels, and they will probably get a sentence of time served, probation for a period of time, and a couple years of community service. The only ones who have really suffered are the victim, his fiancee and his son. There will not be any probation for them.
Is seems that almost every time someone commits a horrible crime (and of course this goes formadults as well as children_ the media interviewsmthe neighbours, who say things like:
But he was such a nice boy..I can't believe he did this...
Or:
He was a great guy, everybody in the neighbourhood liked him. I just can't believe that he would do anything like this...
They need to be in prison long enough that their parole officer's parents haven't even been born yet.
Criminal thugs......I blame their parents
Not a good way to start out life. If they get what they deserve for their actions their lives as potential productive citizens is likely over. Sad!
According to the article they will be charged as adults, but I still say the sentence will not be as serious as it should be. It will be interesting to follow to see what that sentence will be, but it could be a long time before it happens. The defence delays serve the purpose of causing witnesses to forget a lot, and also to wait until the fury or what they did dies down. It's all typical legal tactics.
I'm really sick and tired of the ''children'' defense. In the article it shows that the rock that killed an innocent man was not the only one thrown from overpass. This was planned, multiple rock thrown from the overpass and then off to McDonald's to eat.
Children by ass.
It was a childish, careless thing to do. A father is dead, his family and friends suffered a horrible loss, and five young people's lives are ruined. It's different when a true criminal gets caught and punished; there's a sense of satisfaction with the sentence. There is nothing satisfying about five teenagers' lives being ruined over one stupid prank, but they killed someone, and have to pay for it.
In this case prhaps the biblical remedy for bad eggs should be reconsidered. Stoning might prove a deterent to, well, stoning...