This is my sister. On Monday night she was attacked by her 15 year old neighbor. He stabbed her in the head and face with a screw driver. She fought him off and was able to escape to a neighbors house to call the police. The boy was taken into police custody and brought to juvenile detention center. No clear motive was ever established.
Alicia has a broken nose, staples in her head and stitches to the puncture wound under her eye.
“KEVIN” is a 15 year old refugee from Somal...ia who lives with his family. He is 6’ and approx 175lbs, much larger than my sister. He has broken into Alicia’s car 3 different times and broken into another neighbors house. The police were involved every single time and reported that nothing could be done since he was a minor. Surely this time would be different, though.
This morning we went to the juvenile courts building for the deposition hearing where we would find out if he would be held in custody while he awaits his court date, or if he would be allowed to return home. It had been explained to alicia by the victims advocate that the 3 charges he was facing each independently carry a strong recommendation of remaining detained; all three compiled was almost a sure thing. We arrived feeling very hopeful.
On arrival, we learned from that same patient advocate that “KEVIN’S” IQ is 49. This makes him incompetent to aid in his own defense, therefore all charges were formally dismissed by the prosecutor, Sakina Ahmad. We never entered a courtroom, saw a judge, nothing. “KEVIN” was able to go home with a family member. He likely left the building as a free person before we even learned all the above information.
The prosecutor sympathized with our frustration and explained that because he is a mentally handicapped, juvenile refugee, every safeguard available is to his benefit and to Alicia’s detriment. She went on to tell us, VERBATIM, that even if alicia had been KILLED, the outcome would be the same and that this case would be dismissed. Now, Go ahead and read that last sentence again.
Right!!!
She said the best option for Alicia’s safety is to get a restraining order. Luckily for us, alicia initiated that process the day after the attack. When asked what would happen if he violates the protection order, she explained the following scenario:
1. Call the police
2. He will be taken into custody
3. He will be released promptly and the cycle will perpetuate
Thank God Alicia has a solid support system so she isn’t forced to live next door to her attacker and wait for the next assault.
Don’t worry, we’re not done.
#wearentdone
Addendum: I want to keep this post public to spread awareness of the flaws in our system. I do not want to incite or encourage violence. Reading several comments has lead me to share this knowledge:
1: alicia plans on getting her CC
2: she already has a 90lb pit pull who is very sweet and protective as hell. However, he was inside the house when this kid attacked alicia in her back yard, so he wasn’t able to do much.
3: while I understand the propensity to want to physically harm this boy, that is completely ineffective in exacting REAL change. The problem Is much bigger than this singular event of alicia & “KEVIN”
4: If all you’re going to write is “kill the f**ker”, save it. We already have read it 85xxx times.
Addendum #2 (to squash “fake news” rumors)
1: this happened in south St. Louis City, Missouri on mon 2/17 at approx 645pm (good enough patti ro??)
2: there has yet to be any media coverage on this so I have no links to share.
3: there is no court case to share since it never made it in front of a judge and was thrown out.
4: no doubt there will further addendums as people constantly have copious amounts of advice on how we should be managing this post 🙄
Addendum #3
1. Not surprisingly, people
Are questioning the validity of this story. I get it...it’s THAT crazy. As I stated in addendum #2, I don’t have much to offer aside from pictures, although this is pretty fresh and it seems like some Sort of media outlet would be on the case soon.
Addendum#4
1: photo of police report added to the photos, for all you healthy skeptics out there.
Addendum #5
1. Official media coverage. If you read the article posted with it you will see the prosecutor dropped charges without even bringing it to a judge.
https://www.ksdk.com/…/63-ba5fbdd6-e0cb-429c-be84-09f1fc2f8…
Addendum #6
1. Turns out it only took the kid 4 days to violate the restraining order.
2. Tonight (2/26) SLMPD and SWAT stormed his house and took him back into custody.
3. Let’s see how the prosecutors office handles this gift of a second chance they’ve just been given.
Addendum #7
1. “KEVIN” will remain in a juvenile facility until a “status meeting” on 3/16 where his attorney is petitioning for him to be released again to a family member.
2. If you were thinking that “KEVIN” seems like a pretty domestic name for a Somalian refugee, you would be right.
3. In order to further protect the attacker’s rights, we changed his name. 🤯
