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April 22, 2009 at 6:49 pm #590589
IrukandjiParticipantSee avatar from back when he was an actual student before dropping out at 10th grade (so I’ve heard).
April 22, 2009 at 6:52 pm #664903
JanSParticipant10th grade, huh…he actually made it that far…
April 22, 2009 at 7:10 pm #664904
IrukandjiParticipantI guess since turning 18 he didn’t need to waste his time on two more years to graduate. He’s learned all he needs to know :).
Anyway, if your see the guy in the above photo, call 911 and give his location, state that you understand there is a warrant out for his arrest.
April 22, 2009 at 8:34 pm #664905
IrukandjiParticipantApril 22, 2009 at 8:34 pm #664906
IrukandjiParticipantApril 22, 2009 at 9:30 pm #664907
changingtimesMemberi must say although ment to be funny i believe the comment “10th grade, huh…he actually made it that far…” seems like a direct ignorant and racist remark to someone just skimming the article…
April 22, 2009 at 9:44 pm #664908
cruiserMemberApril 22, 2009 at 9:49 pm #664909
rockergirlMemberWhat is the warrant for? Just wondering if he is armed and dangerous………..
April 22, 2009 at 9:49 pm #664910
rykriteMemberWhen I look at that photo I see a tragedy. He’s beautiful, and something has gone very wrong for him. He’s 18 years old, he’s got a long list of offenses going back to when he was 12 and just a child – I have to believe that he wasn’t taught right from wrong, and though he’s accountable for that outcome I pity him for not having the support he obviously needed.
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I am one of those in the neighborhood with the chopper last night, and I want to see justice… but I find this situation terribly tragic.
April 22, 2009 at 9:52 pm #664911
JanSParticipantchanging times…you are open to interpret things any way you want. That’s the problem with the written word on forums like this. There is always a misinterpretation.
This is an 18 yo hoodlum who decided that he didn’t need an education. He’s fast becoming a serial criminal,and is a menace in our community, to put it mildly. For the record, I could care less if he was purple with green stripes. He is who he is, and needs to get more than a slap on the wrist when Friday’s sentencing rolls around. He needs to be off the streets.
April 22, 2009 at 9:53 pm #664912
IrukandjiParticipantIndeed, and he’s done nothing to help himself. One warrant is for violation of a domestic violence restraining order. There may be others, but so far that’s the only one I’ve found in available court information.
April 22, 2009 at 9:56 pm #664913
JanSParticipantrykrite….I, too, have wondered where he lays his head at night. He’s 18, but has been in trouble for years. Does he live with parents? With friends? On the street? In his car? Obviously this is an imperfect world, and not all moms and dads are good parents…I wonder what his story is.
April 22, 2009 at 9:58 pm #664914
rykriteMemberThanks, JanS, for backing me up a little.
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What he has done/doing is wrong, no doubt about it.
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But I still think that there is room for compassion.
April 22, 2009 at 10:03 pm #664915
IrukandjiParticipantFrom what I know he is not living at home with family. He is living off of a girlfriend and anywhere she moves to seems to experience an uptick in burglaries and car prowls.
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He was given so many chances in his six years in the loving juvenile justice system and now will receive all benefits due him in the adult correctional system. Sadly, what he’s learned from his own action is just to do more of the same.
April 22, 2009 at 10:28 pm #664916
changingtimesMemberas someone of color i was just asking people to think twice before posting ignorant comments…just look at the difference of the postings on skyelar opposed to the posting on the caucasion robbery of the senior center…im not trying to argue just expressing my point of view..sorry to have offended anyone..
April 22, 2009 at 10:35 pm #664917
IrukandjiParticipantOn my own behalf, I’ve had dealings with Skyelar over a number of months and have been able to follow what’s going on through court documents. Perhaps commenting here is more intense because of his ongoing and recognizable presence in our community. And the fact that the police continue actively looking for him. Hopefully, comments related to his criminal activity will continue to focus on the matter at hand: ongoing cretinous behavior and criminal acts in our community. And his apprehension on warrant(s).
April 22, 2009 at 11:04 pm #664918
JanSParticipantrykrite, I undersand where you’re coming from…but…and it’s a big but…do you think he’s gonna have compassion for any of his victims? Oh, they had a hard life, I won’t take this or that, oh, they got an education, so I’ll give them a break. Oh, I shouldn’t hit that person, or sell that person drugs, or whatever, because he has compassion? Yes, we should understand his upbringing, but it doesn’t excuse his behavior, and he’s certainly not gonna care about me when he’s hauling my stereo,TV, computer, and jewelry away. Just a thought.
April 22, 2009 at 11:38 pm #664919
rykriteMemberJanS, my compassion for him does not rely on his compassion for me or others.
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I am not offering him excuses, I am offering him compassion. I do not suggest that he should walk scott-free, I am suggesting that as a human being he was once filled with possibility and I suspect that the world did not show him how to utilize his possibility.
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lrukandji, “Loving juvenille system” – huh, that’s not how I think of it. I think of it as having overloaded case workers and not enough resources to help kids to change. It may be well intentioned, but I sincerely doubt that anyone who spends time there finds it “loving.”
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I feel great compassion for everyone hurt by this individual’s actions – including me, because I lost a lot of sleep last night over this and I feel less safe in my home as a result. :-(
April 23, 2009 at 12:53 am #664920
jMemberUnfortunately, as a teacher in a tough middle school, I see many of my students who are heading down the same path (crime and gangs). No matter how much support and love from teachers and/or parents, these students are already too far down the wrong path. As I see it, the only way to save them is to put them in a place where they can’t harm themselves or others (a.k.a. jail).
As a victim of burglary by two teens, I have had the pleasure of spending too much time down at juvenille hall. After talking to the police officers (a ten of them) who came to our house during the burglary, they are often frustrated by the way the juvenilles are treated and released. I was told that the first question the teens are asked when they are transferred to juvy is were they harmed in anyway. I couldn’t believe it. My take on it is you did what you did, now it’s time to pay the consequences, not coddle criminals.
I hope for the sake of our community he is caught soon.
April 23, 2009 at 12:58 am #664921
rykriteMemberJ, I get your point. I really do.
But if we give up on these children, what are we to do? Lock them up….forever? That does seem to be the American way, and the number of our citizens behind bars is appalling compared to other industrialized countries.
Yes, we can lock everyone up. But it doesn’t solve the problem. The problem will be solved when communities work together in the “it takes a village” kind of way, and resources are given to struggling children to get them on the right track. Of course, that is a lot harder than jailing them.
And even though I’m a PollyAnna, I don’t see the system changing any time soon. :-(
April 23, 2009 at 1:48 am #664922
JanSParticipantmaybe we don’t give up on them…but, at some point responsibility has to be on their shoulders a bit. He’s 18, considered an adult – we all know better. But…he has given up on himself it looks like. We can’t force them to be who we want them to be if they don’t want to go there. Gangs, streets, crimes, seems oh, so much more exciting than the straight and narrow, 9 to 5 kinda life. You could look at some of these kids and ask them “What are you thinking? Did you think you could get away with this?” and they in turn would tell you to STFU…it’s sad..
April 23, 2009 at 3:04 am #664923
rykriteMemberI know. Maybe the window of time when his life could turn around has passed.
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And that brings me to my original thoughts: I feel compassionately toward him, too. His life isn’t looking too rosy to me.
April 23, 2009 at 6:54 am #664924
JanSParticipantnot looking anymore..front page says he’s been arrested…
May 5, 2009 at 2:24 am #664925
niki_eMemberThe bleeding hearts are mistaken in this case. I’m sure he’s had a hard life, but so have a lot of us.
I went to high school with this kid, and he really is not a good kid who’s misled and upset. He’s slimy. He knows what he’s doing and he never apologized for anything.
May 5, 2009 at 3:31 pm #664926
DunnoParticipantNiki,
You’re right. He’s been given a million chances.
I do know he spent years with his gandmother living near the WS Junction. He was very tough on her as she tried and tried to keep him in school and life. She deserves a medal for all she went through, a very nice lady. His parents are who knows where? I think his mom is or was in Portland. As for Skylar he knows what he’s doing. He can be very engaging
and pleasant, then turn around and put a knife in your back. I’ve spent a number of hours trying to engage him as many others in this community have. He is ADHD and ther’s most likely more, and
doesn’t take meds that could help him. Too bad,
because, when you sit down one to one with him there really is a human being in there, unfortunatly for many of us that have been his victims(myself included), the other personality dominates.
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