Posted on 04/18/2007 7:08:08 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
08:24 AM CDT on By PAUL MEYER / The Dallas Morning News pmeyer@dallasnews.com
A Frisco teenager who police said was fascinated with serial killers before he shot a 14-year-old boy in the chest last summer has been released on bail, sparking concern from the district attorney's office and homeowners in the teen's neighborhood.
Edward Ji, 17, was released into his parents' custody Monday while he awaits trial in the random July shooting of Bryan Chevalier, who survived. Days before that shooting, Mr. Ji had shot at and missed a man walking his dog in a gated Frisco community, police said.
"The kid said his ambition is to be a serial killer," said Ron Leighton, president of the neighborhood homeowners association where Mr. Ji lives with his family.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Show up at the hearing, so the elected jusge knows that the voting public cares what she does.
>...rather than be seen with his father”.<
Sounds like Cho and Edward both had overblown and unresolved Oedipal complexes.
>The parents should have been charged as well.<
Not if the child has bi-polar disease, or is paranoid-schizophrenic. Those are genetic, not learned diseases. Of course, side effects often compound the problem, but they are often caused by the child’s relationship with other children.
Well, apparently the courtroom will be closed to the public since it will be a Grand Jury hearing. The DA is taking our emails and phone messages with him to court tomorrow.
Both of them seem to be/have been mad at the world.
I live in Frisco, and followed this for the safety of my family. This kid just walked up to the door of a home and shot whoever opened the door, apparently a random act, last August.
The decision to let him walk was crazy, but even with the hearing tomorrow, depending on how much money his parents has, he may again walk if thy can make bail. The Frisco police have their hands tied, they will be accused of harassment if they are too obvious in staking out his house. And they also have to patrol other areas after the serial rapist attack last week.
This is another tragedy waiting to happen. The evidence and signs are clear, he is a menace to society and we should be protected by our legal system. Surely they cannot cede that responsibility to the parents who have already failed to control their son.
I just hope that the judge and grand jury think seriously about this, and get the kid the help he needs.
I don’t believe the police have done anything wrong or over the line. They were just as scared as the neighborhood was with this teen’s release. Patrol cars, marked and unmarked were positioned throughout the neighborhood, convering all sides should the teen decide to try and leave his home. These folks sat in their vehicles with lights and motor off throughout the rainy night. One would pull away only after another drove up as a relief.
I just hope for the safety of Frisco residents, that this Judge orders him held without bond.
A bond hearing isn't a grand jury proceeding. It has been my experience that the criminal courts in McKinney don't like the public to see what is going on.
Interesting. If you have more to add to assist me here, please feel free to FReepmail me.
Juvenile hearings would be closed to the public, but this guy has been certified as an adult: “when he was certified on April 10 to stand trial as an adult.”
Grand jury proceedings would be closed, but the judge wouldn’t be there.
A motion to increase or revoke bond should be public.
Rec’d this from the court:
The Court has ordered the Defendant, Edward Ji, incarcerated without bail. Therefore, no hearing is required on Thursday, April 19, 2007. Thank you for your input.
Sincerely,
417th District Court Staff
I’m confused as to what today is all about. I thought he was already indicted, but I guess not formally as an adult? Is this a Grand Jury case because of the capital murder charges? And so bond could then be set or denied at a later time and date? And for now, Mr. Ji is being held without bond until after the jury decides?
Frisco teen’s bail revoked after neighbors protest
Frisco: Boy with reported serial killer fixation rejailed in shooting
05:21 AM CDT on Thursday, April 19, 2007
By TIARA M. ELLIS and LAUREN D’AVOLIO / The Dallas Morning News
The phone calls and e-mails bombarded Frisco police all day Tuesday. Residents were outraged that a teenager accused in a random shooting – one with an admitted fascination with serial killing – had been released on bail.
“We fielded calls all day,” said Frisco police Sgt. Gina McFarlin. “Some were coming to me, some to the captains; they were getting transferred to some of the detectives. We all took calls on it.”
Frisco’s mayor and Collin County’s district attorney each got more than a dozen e-mails. Neighbors worked phone trees.
The next day, 17-year-old Edward Ji was back in custody, his bail revoked by the same judge who set it.
State District Judge Cynthia Wheless set Mr. Ji’s bail at $100,000 on April 10 when he was certified to stand trial as an adult. When she revoked it Wednesday, she called it “insufficient.” She declined through her court coordinator to comment.
A Collin County grand jury is expected to decide today whether there is enough evidence to proceed to trial. If Mr. Ji is indicted, a different judge probably will be assigned the case.
read the rest here:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/DN-jiarrest_19cco.ART0.North.Edition1.430d07a.html
The grand jury proceeding would be needed after he was certified as an adult. It wouldn’t have anything to do with the bail - that would be handled by the judge.
My guess, without knowing any facts to back it up in this case, would be that the defense attorney and the DA agreed for the bail revocation and the judge entered an order without a hearing. There are several other possible scenerios, but given the wording that you quoted, this seems the most likely.
In any event, at least he is off the street for now.
I would anticipate an insanity defense.
I wish I had studied law.
Thanks :)
>Both of them seem to be/have been mad at the world.<
Cho, like radical Islam, claimed to have hated Christians, Jews....similar to Hitler. Who knows what evil influence rap, and back-taped recordings have on impressionable youth today? I did’t like seeing my grandson, with his i-pod in his ear, sitting across from me at Easter dinner. He was completely isolated from the family - and what was he listening to?
Islam hates the entire free world. There were clearly signs of Islam thinking in Cho’s writing.
>Parents who cannot handle an unruly or mentally disturbed child should have the child institutionalized<
I certainly agree with that statement.
>failure to do so means that the parents are responsible for any criminal acts committed by the child.<
That logicallly follows, however, there may be extenuating circumstances. In Cho’s case, he was an adult. He had been institutionalized, but was released.
In Edward’s case, we are talking about a minor, so the parents are still in control, ie: responsible. He was arrested, then released by the state. In my view, the parents should not have bailed him out. Therefore any harm the boy incurs, his parents should answer to.
I finally got around to reading the DMN tonight. It was pretty much like we thought. The defense attorney didn’t contest the motion to revoke, and the judge granted it. The grand jury meeting today on the matter was just a matter of coincidence.
It appears from the story that the mother put up the $10K for the bail bond. It sounds like the father has pretty much given up.
I know the folks in Frisco are sleeping better tonight.
Will the mother lose the 10k? I sure hope not, but I think I read or heard somewhere that she was afraid she’d not get that money back.
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