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'Should Hopefully Not be Your Defining Moment': Massachusetts Judge Lets Rich White Kid Off with No Jail Time After He Allegedly Tried to Drown Black Teen While Hurling Racist Taunts
The 15-year-old Cape Cod boy who pleaded guilty to trying to drown a 15-year-old Black acquaintance will serve no jail time after a Massachusetts judge suspended a three-year sentence in a juvenile detention center. Instead, John “Jack” Sheeran must complete 720 hours of community service and stay away from his victim, Judge Sylvia Gomes ruled Monday. Despite the light sentence, Sheeran’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, insisted his client was the rea…
New York Post
UpstractWhite Massachusetts teen avoids jail time in attempted drowning of black peer in pond: prosecutors
Chatham resident John Sheeran, 15, will serve probation and around 700 hours of community service after he copped to attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon charges in December.
Cape Cod teen sentenced to probation after attempted drowning of Black teen
A 15-year-old from Cape Cod will serve three years of probation after pleading guilty to charges linked to an attempted drowning of a Black boy in Chatham’s Goose Pond. John Sheeran, of Chatham, was sentenced in Barnstable District Court on Wednesday, according to news reports. If Sheeran is arrested again before Feb. 4, 2028, he will be committed to the Department of Youth Services until he turns 21, according to The Cape Cod Times. Sheeran mus…
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