I guess you are right, Bill! Thursday’s article says: ” Delaware County Prosecutor David Yost said tonight that…”

I thought the boys both live in Franklin County…. Maybe they do not live in the neighborhood I was thinking they do. St. Paul Church is in Franklin County isn’t it, just south of County Line Rd? They are not disclosing the restaurants… I guess I just assumed it would be Franklin County, I had to go re-read it.

Does that mean the restaurants are in Delaware County?

Thanks for the comment!

Blaming the parents without evidence that they were neglectful or worse is going too far…

While I am not going to confess my response when first offered a cigarette and /or a beer here, my parents were not Ward and June. I kept more secrets from my parents than either Wally or The Beaver would have, your comment made me reflect on being a teen.

Thanks again for the comment, see you around Westerville.

Please don’t! Too many people have ‘gone there’ and proven that they don’t remember their own teenage years all that well - except nostalgically. Seems that they all had nice dinner conversations like the Cleavers did (ala Leave It To Beaver for you younger folks) _before_ they made any decisions that would affect their lives.

To anyone who would reflexively blame the parents, I ask you: Did _your_ parents approve of all of your friends? Did they even know or meet all of your friends? Did _your_ parents know everything you did/said/thought when you were a teen? When someone offered you your first cigarette/beer, did you run home and discuss it with your parents over the dinner table, soliciting their wisdom _before_ you accepted or rejected it? Perhaps you lived this idealic life and your parents were saints as well as mind-readers. But somehow, I doubt it.

And A.G., I’m sorry that you’re outraged and dismayed that these boys are still alive and without life-sentences, but we’ve come along way from just being able to point and cry ‘Witch!’ and seeing someone swing from a noose. The reason why the authorities aren’t taking the situation more seriously is perhaps they realized that they _shouldn’t_ be taking it more seriously because the situation just doesn’t warrant it. Read: It’s not as terrorist-like as the media would like to portray. So go to church, your restaurants or anywhere else outside of your home with courage.