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Your Stories: Mother Questions Why System Doesn't Help Her Son

A mother from Rochester wants to know how troubled children, like her son, fall through systems designed to help them.

Enid Lahey said her nine-year-old son Eliud Bennett, Jr. Was placed in a facility where he was abused. He was released and later carried out actions that lead to lock up.

Bennett suffers from a variety of mental health disorders including post traumatic stress disorder, bi-polar disorder, attention deficit disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. His mother wants him to get the help he needs.

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Orthodontist receives sentence of 21 months

On Jan. 29, 2003, Rinaldi filed a motion to withdraw his plea on the basis that he suffered from adult attention deficit disorder and that "the disorder prevented him from forming the requisite criminal intent at the time of the offenses," according to the court documents.

The AADD diagnosis was offered by Dr. Robert Chapman. However, Chapman also found that Rinaldi's limitations "did not rise to the level of incompetence to plead, stand trial, or proceed," according to the documents.

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Mom faces charges for not giving kids medication

Two siblings suffer from ADD

The two brothers screamed, punched at their fellow classmates and would not listen to teachers.

Now Ebony Dukes, a single, 29-year-old Cocoa mother has been charged with child neglect because police said she failed to give the disruptive pair their medicine and refused to answer the door when an officer tried to bring the children home.

Dukes was held without bond early Tuesday and appeared before a judge at the Brevard County Jail. The two boys -- ages 8 and 10 -- suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder and were turned over to the Florida Department of Children and Families.

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Judge who tried to help mend lives steps down

... In 1989, he started a program to teach anger management and problem-solving skills to criminals with attention-deficit disorder (ADD) and learning disabilities. The program is credited with reducing its participants' repeat offenses by 40 percent, Admire said.

Most prison inmates have ADD or a learning disability, the judge said, but he was convinced of the impact of the disabilities by raising his two sons, who both have ADD. He recalls his sons following only part of an instruction, or becoming frustrated by their disability.

"If you didn't have a personal connection to it, you wouldn't think certain things can happen [with ADD]," Admire said.

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Griego: Parenting is about the children we raise - no ifs, ands or

...On Monday, Silvia Ann Johnson pleaded guilty to nine felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and two misdemeanor counts of sex assault. She admitted having sex with five boys, two of them 16, the rest at least 17.

Why did she do it? Cherner told reporters Monday that Johnson looks forward to explaining herself at her sentencing hearing in September. I look forward to that explanation. Her mental health is clearly an issue. A psychiatrist is expected to testify to that. Johnson told police she is bipolar and used meth to treat her attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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Teen found dead in cell at youth prison

CHESHIRE, Conn. (AP) _ A 17-year-old inmate at Manson Youth Institution was found dead in his cell early Sunday morning after apparently committing suicide, a spokesman for the state Department of Correction said.

Prison staff making rounds found the teen with his bedsheet wrapped around his neck. Prison staff tried to revive him but were unsuccessful, said spokesman Brian Garnett.

"He was in his cell with his cellmate, who was asleep," Garnett said.

The teen, identified by WTNH-TV as David Burgos, was pronounced dead at about 1 a.m. at Mid-State Medical Center in Meriden, and an autopsy was being scheduled. The teen had been living at the youth prison since March while he was prosecuted for an alleged violation of probation, Garnett said.

Diana Burgos, the teen's mother, said he had bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, WTNH reported Sunday.

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Teenager Jailed for String of Offences

A PERSISTENT teenage offender who gave police the slip has been jailed for a string of offences.

Carlisle magistrates court heard how the boy “ran amok” after the end of previous supervision and curfew orders. Among the boy’s crimes were theft, taking a car without consent, and fighting in the street – which also broke an anti-social behaviour order.

On one occasion, he escaped arrest by jumping out of the back window of his house while police officers waited downstairs.

He was later found hiding under his bed.

In his defence, the court was told that the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) several years ago, but had never received any treatment. 

Geoffrey Clapp, mitigating, said: “From an early age he has suffered from ADHD but nothing has been done about it. Then everybody wonders why he goes on committing offences.

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Conference looks at ADHD and dangerous driving

FREDERICTON – Researchers at a national road safety conference in Fredericton are trying to figure out why people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are more likely to drive dangerously.

Christine Wickens, a graduate student from York University in Toronto, said there hasn't been enough study of the problem. But based on the available research, she said it's clear that people with ADHD get into more trouble on the road than other drivers.

"ADHD drivers tend to be involved in more collisions. They have more traffic citations, particularly for speeding. They're more likely to have had their licences revoked and to drive without a licence."

Wickens said people with ADHD are also more likely to get arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

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UPDATE: Police Didn't Have To Shoot Teen On Earth Mover, Lawyer For Family Says

A 14-year-old Tucson teen remains in critical condition, after police say he stole an earth mover -- also known as a scraper -- and took Tucson police on a 12 mile chase that ended when officers shot him.

The boy's name has not been released, but an attorney for his family says the boy was shot once in the neck and chest.  He says the boy has a collapsed lung, still has a bullet in his spine, and he is paralyzed below the waist.  He also says the boy has a history of attention deficit disorder, and even though he was taking medication, he was not on it at the time the scraper was taken Thursday night.

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