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The 17-year-old suspect from Garwood — a son of a retired police officer and the nephew of the Westfield police chief — was charged Wednesday with the first-degree murders of Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas.

Relatives of Niiotis said the teen had been stalking her for months — something the teen suspect acknowledged on livestreams of his MLB co-op games, which attracted thousands of followers on TikTok.

https://nj1015.com/cranford-murder-case-update-2/

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 121 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This guy is being charged as a minor? Come the fuck on. He is 17! Charge this guy as an adult and put him away for life. No room for people like this in soceity.

[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 84 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's the son of a cop. We're lucky he isn't just getting administrative leave.

I’m sure he’ll get a job offer to join the family business soon enough

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

They really said yeah you're old enough to be responsible for driving a two tonne vehicle - but then if you use it to intentionally ram two young girls to death in cold blood now you're not old enough to be responsible for that - gotta be charged as a child.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago

I mean, he would fit perfectly in ICE

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They can always change up to adult later but it's more difficult to move from adult to minor if things go wrong.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 6 points 22 hours ago

Tell that to Trump