Father of boy who shot friend gets 3 yrs
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Saturday, July 17, 2004 · Last updated 8:28 p.m. PT
Father of boy who shot friend gets 3 years
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The father of a boy who shot and killed a playmate with a loaded gun he found stashed under a sofa was sentenced to nearly three years in prison, followed by probation during which he must speak monthly on gun safety.
Louis Mevec Sr. was sentenced Friday for felony culpable negligence in the 2003 death of Sean Caroline II. Mevec, who owned the .357-caliber Magnum used to kill the 12-year-old friend of his son Louis, was convicted last month.
During his father's trial, 14-year-old Louis testified that a small group of Largo Middle School students had skipped school and were playing video games at Mevec's apartment when he pointed the gun at Sean and shot him between the eyes.
"I blame you and only you for my son's death," Sean Caroline, Sean's father, told Louis Mevec Sr. in court Friday. "My wife and I are also serving a sentence ... but we got no trial. Ours is a life sentence."
Circuit Judge Brandt Downey sentenced Mevec, 53, to the maximum six-year prison term, but suspended more than half of it and replaced it with probation. His remaining sentence is 34 months, but with good behavior he could be released by late 2006.
The Caroline family had asked that Mevec be required to speak on gun safety after his release.
The younger Louis Mevec was sent to a juvenile facility and is now living in New York with his mother and younger brother.
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In my neck of the woods, even the city folk hunt (not all, but a lot)....but that's what you get when you live in a state where you're only a few hours drive away from the most unexplored land in the US...lol.
Well, you've obviously never been to WA...because there are many, many places in our state where people have yet to set foot as well.
Speaking of 'falling silent'... http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-elinthenews&msg=6890.50
My response to the 'gun ownership reduces burglaries' comment...
That would require a novel, not a post. ;) It's far simpler just to say that individuals are individuals, each with their own particular (regional) quirks and idiosyncrisies, and let it go at that.
~mark~
No, I have never been to WA, but plan to soon. My SIL lives there, just moved from Puyallup (sp?) to Tacoma (sp again?) and I would like to take a family trip there to see her, because I love her to death and from pictures I've seen it looks like a great state to take a vacation to. I live in MI. The U.P. here is pretty darn wild. I've only been to St. Ignace, which is on the southern most point of the peninsula, just over the Mackinac Bridge. It's waaaay too destitute up there for me. I like the country and wilderness, but I need to be fairly close to a city as well. I've always said my dream home would be situated on 5-10 fairly wooded acres, smack dab in the middle of the city...lol :)
"And, before anyone gets offended, I really have no problem with people hunting to provide food for their families. I reject 'sport' hunting (w/a gun), however, because there is NOTHING 'sporting' about it!"
Rifle hunting doesn't bother me, but my dad is an avid hunter and hunts during both bow and rifle seasons. Personally I dislike it when people hunt for trophies only...take the skin/horns or whatever and leave the rest of the animal. Seems like a total waste to me.
Yep, my DH's cousin lived in the U.P. for about five years.
LOL...I think I can pronounce them better than I can spell them. tee hee
"Truthfully, I didn't mean to sound snobby (and in rereading that's how it sounded to me!), I just meant to point out that there are vast tracts of this country where little or no human contact has been made...and that's wonderful!"
Don't worry, I didn't take it as snobby. I just know that in MI, hunting is huge. Just try to drive north on the e-way (someone told me that us Michiganders are just about the only ones to call it an "expressway", is that true?) a day or two before opening day of bow or rifle season and you'll be stuck in some heavy traffic (well, for MI anyway).
The only roadways around here that are
Merlins_Own
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW!
How about some estrogen thrown in? :P Here's a link to an editorial I saw today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-07-20-malkin_x.htm
Merlins_Own
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW!
LOL OMG...if you watch any of the tv stations here, say...north of Saginaw they even take camaras to the local "buck poles" and talk to the people about their hunting experiences. Fishing, obviously, is pretty big here (being surrounded by lakes and all...) but for some reason it just doesn't get the attention that deer hunting does. Go figure.
I've always wanted to go clamming....LOL(*realizing how "strange" that may sound as an aspiration)
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