Ok...this is gonna be a long one...
A child 15 1/2 years old. Already charged in the with 6 felonies. Non-violent. Pleads out, to 3 of them. Gets 1 year probation in lieu , has to attend in home counseling, take meds, attend camp until school, yada yada.. in lieu incarseration at ODYS. This child has Bipolar a new diagnoses, with other disabilities that are preexisting. Courts are aware. This is why he would be in ODYS , mental lockup versus other facilities.
He was locked up pending trial, for over a month due to being suicidal, cutting himself etc.
He gets out, screws up everything. Violates probation, has an active warrent, and is now listed as a runaway from the parent he was living with. The parent whom he resides with has tried to catch him to get him locked up and back on med, with the help of friends.Thier concern is that the police can't seem to catch him, because he is sick but not stupid, he is actually very intelligent. The parents now fear...that he is becoming increasingly more suicidal because he knows the walls are closing in. Less of his friends are helping him due to his legal troubles and mental illness. In fact he just became aware they have called and given up his location several times because they are scared for him.
They have become worried because his suicidal tendiencies are increasing each time they attempt to catch him and he is running out of places to go. The friends he stays with are the bottom of the barrel, and more dangerous. He has threatned, if he is caught he will make the police shoot him before they get him in the car, and if they do, he will kill himself in jail. Because the situation has been going on for months, they are starting to entertain another possiblity. They are not happy about.
The other parent lives in Texas, and is possibly willing to take the child to get him back on medication, in therapy , and try to get him straightend out.....so they are thinking about getting him there. The other parent would have to make sure he got there, and possibly provide a few days of keeping the child at home..before having them transported...
So here are my questions:
What are the consequences for the parent(s) of doing this, considering the circumstances?
Would the charges show up in Texas, if he was to get in trouble for something?
Would Ohio bother extraditing this child all the way from Texas should he get caught?
Heck they didn't even look for him when the warrent was issued? Not one time until they were called by the parent...who asked them to look..and to be aware he was mentally ill, how to catch him etc. They of course went rushing off, and apparently didn't listen, because he saw them coming...nice
Is there a statute of limitations on these charges?
The felonies are B&E, 2 charges of theft.
Will it carry over once he turns 18? meaning if he went back to Ohio would they arrest him as an adult?
I am not happy about either situation they find themselves in?
It's a catch22.
I understand thier wanting him to face his responsibilites and serve his time, but due to the inablity for the police to actually get him, and his increasinly dangerous mental state? I don't even know what to say.
It would be horrible if he ended up dead..
I would at least like the legal aspects, and ramifications, to let them know...
Thanks ....

