Teen charged with killing violates probation 13 times; his officer resigns
INDIANAPOLIS — A probation officer who could have asked the court to lock up a 16-year-old now charged with killing a father to be has resigned, a Marion County judge said Friday.
Court documents show that Simeon Adams of Indianapolis was free to roam the streets for a month while awaiting a hearing on 13 probation violations. For nine of them, Adams was not home when the officer, Tracy McDonald, visited to check on his house arrest.
McDonald could have asked for an arrest warrant after the third violation, which occurred Feb. 15. That would have kept Adams in detention until his April 7 hearing date.
In late March and early April, Adams went on a gun-toting rampage that left Nathan Trapuzzano, 24, dead; a teenager injured; and Adams with a gunshot wound to the neck, police said. They also suspect Adams and another youth of stealing dozens of weapons March 22 from a Clermont, Ind., gun shop during the spree.
McDonald didn't report any probation violations until March 5 after the ninth house-arrest violation, records show. Even then McDonald recommended that Adams remain on house arrest until his April 7 hearing. . . .
I notice this time the press didn't use the criminal's smiley-face expression going to court as they did before. It wouldn't surprise me if this thug has been using that sunny innocent Teddy-bear smile his whole life to bend and break the rules, but was too stupid to realize that when he came into court after gunning down an innocent young man, his ever so charming sparkly smile might backfire.
I'm waiting for some libertarian to read this perp's rap sheet and conclude that our biggest problem is that we lock up too many people. This creature, as someone else called him, probably represents millions savages that need to be locked up or executed. (Too many people locked up on marijuana charges? Quite possibly, but that is a separate issue.)
About the young White man who was murdered and the scathing criticisms some have made of him, obviously it is true that men like him need to be much more careful, prepared and, if possible, armed. But I think part of it may be as simple as the fact that when you are a young man it is probably somewhat genetic to think of yourself as semi-indestructible, as being able to handle yourself, along with having an awareness that evil crimes like this are something like lightening strikes or being hit by a drunk driver, that the probability is low that you will be hit at any given time--an attitude encouraged by the complicit mainstream media covering up this pandemic.
Was both amusing and a little scary to read some comments trying to come up with excuses for the social worker. Fall guy? Don't worry, the fact that he was criminally incompetent will not fool most people into thinking that many others were not responsible.
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