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NEW YORK -- A 17-year-old boy accused of throwing a 9-year-old boy off the roof of a Bronx apartment building pleaded not guilty Sunday.
Nine-year-old Freddy Martin was found Friday night on the pavement unconscious with severe body trauma in front of the five-story building on Nelson Avenue in Morris Heights. He was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital where he remains in critical condition.
On Saturday, police arrested his neighbor, 17-year-old Casmine Aska, who originally told investigators that he threw Martin off the roof after they got into a fight, a police source said. The boys are not related, but live in the same building.
But according to court documents, Aska now says he grabbed the boy by the legs and then slipped, causing Martin to fall.
Aska was arraigned Sunday on attempted murder, assault and reckless endangerment charges.
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Who you gonna believe? Me or the evidence and my earlier confession?
Yeah, a 9 yr old boy is going to pick a fight with a 17 yr old punk. Sound to me this jack-ass is back peddling.
GM Creekdog,
Like anyone expected different ? Personal responsibility is as dead as honor , dignity, and common sense in most people now a days and pretty much all of todays youth. Just a ever increasing fewer of us still share those ideals.
only way Martin would of fallen is if the 17 yr. old was holding him over the edge by his legs and then he slipped.
Hmm, someone is a liar.... I smell bull @!$%#...
If I read this right the 17 year old is not saying he wasn't responsible but that he didn't throw the 9 year old. It sounds like he is claiming that he was holding the kid over the edge by his ankles (as seen in lots of movies) but lost his grip. Guilty either way, but the degree of charges can change.
WE NEED TO BAN BUILDINGS. If it will save only one child from dying, we have to try.
no, Dawgfan-4710266...we need to ban idiots like you from posting....
Once an lawyer got involved then you get to see a fiction novel. The teen's d****bag attorney will lie and tell the teen to lie. Unbelievable what these clowns get away with.
Lisa,
You need to get a sense of humor. Did I hit a nerve by saying something the ole mighty King Obama has said?
This punk needs a long time in a small cage to ponder his actions. Hopefully this time the justice system wont fail us.
Dawgfan there is absolutely nothing funny about a 9 year old being pushed from a rooftop!
Another wanna be brutha gangsta that can't take responsibility for his actions...throw him off the same roof...
Dina,
No, there is nothing funny about a 9 yo getting thrown off a building. Hopefully the court won't accept a plea deal and give this future career criminal a light slap on the wrist. He's facing Attempted murder, and if the kid survives the attorney will try and get a misdomeanor assault charge to plead guilty to. This will never go to trial. The article doesn't say if he's being charged as an adult or not, but should be, and should face adult prison sentence.
He's not a "future" criminal. He already has a rap sheet for robbery, assault and menacing. The nine year old was said to be a nervous type child who takes anti depressants, and is highly intelligent with top grades in his class.
Someone posted yesterday that both boys were in the same grade at school.
@screminmimi,
The article didn't mention a prior wrap sheet. He's underage and those should be sealed, unless he's charged as an adult and priors are mentioned in the charging documents.
Also, notice I said Future CAREER criminal. Not just future criminal.
Dawgfan...
Just got back to the thread.
The NY Post, when the story first broke, said that the 17 year old already had a rap sheet for the crimes of robbery, assault and menacing. Somehow, that information was released.
It was not reported on this news site, but was reported on a couple of others.
This little a-hole should never enjoy freedom again.
Lock him up and throw away the key.
Lock up his attorney also.
Maybe the attorney can change his name to Landmine.
If he says he is not guilty then for sure he is not guilty. (eyeroll)
besides...Lisa... He only has 4 felonies on his rap sheet so far.... He is such a good boy....yeah, right
Love the eyeroll!
Wow, I bet he feels tough throwing a little kid off of a roof.
sadly your probably right.
Spend a Sunday morning at a grocery store and the thought may cross your mind...every 5 minutes...but normal people don't act on it.
... Normal people dont think about it at all.....
Normal people consider smacking them upside the head, not throwing them off a building...
TRUTH!!!
Spoke with attorney and story changed. I hope this boy lives so he can see the case through the courts to ensure this thug gets his just reward!!!
He's 17, so he'll likely be tried as a juvenile and get off lightly anyway, and then his record gets cleared at 18. What a joke.
GM Bikerchick,
21 In most states and the cleared record is a "feel good" fallacy.
From earlier reports, the kid already has a very substantial rap sheet. The juvenile system has failed, several times, to accomplish any real rehab. It will be up to the DA to take this to adult court. As an elected official, feedback received at City Hall may determine how he/she wants to proceed....
Lisa: He's not a "kid".
This punk deserves to be thrown in with the general population. They will decide what his punishment should be. Not so big and brave anymore I imagine. If he skates on this one then he will be back in the news shortly. Time to get tough with these bottom dwellers.
You said THROWN.
Shoot stutter post sorry folks.... so I humbly offer a joke for your amusement....
The wife's back on the warpath again. She was up for making a sex movie last night, and all I did was suggest we should hold auditions for her part.
Please don't quit your day job! LOL
100,000 comedians out of work...and You're auditioning? LOL... jk :)
gm Tramp
If a doctor told you you'd have to give up half your sex life, which would you give up, thinking about it or talking about it? ;)
Hope the victim bounces back.
Lol nice one
We should all pray for the 9 year old.
a 17yr old fighting 9yr old...he deserves adult prison...
Well, I've had time to get advice. So what I told you before wasn't true.
Hmmm.............
17 vs. 9 - sounds fair. Treat the punk as an adult. Give him 50 years out with good behavior in thirty five if the kid survives ok.
Eight year age difference! Put the dirtbag up against someone who is 25 and see how he does. Cowardly little punk. If he walks on this it would be time for friends of the victim to take this idiot up on the roof and throw him off. It's only fair.
I hate to say this but seems to be more an more true.. It is time to start charging the parents for the crimes of the children (as well as the children). Clearly something went wrong with the upbringing of this kid which resulted in this tragic event. When we start going after the parents for screwing up their children maybe things will start to change. Being a parent I think it sucks to think this way but on the other hand I can't believe my sons would ever do anything like this. People blame guns, video games, and TV and movies. but who is it that allows these things to be handled or seen by their children.. The parents. If we do not stop the issues at the source they will continue on. Guns, TV, movies, and video games are not the issue. Parents who do not play an active an positive role in their children's lives are...
The 17 year old either lured or forced the the nine year old to the roof of the building with full intentions of pushing him off. The nine year old boy is not going to go to the roof of a building to have a fight with someone twice his size. The truth will come out once the critically injured boy can speak, that is if he will ever be able to.
It has been reported by news agencies, that the 17 year old drug the 9 year old out of his apartment, up three stories of stairs to the roof. Mean while the 9 year old was kicking, yelling, screaming, and fighting all the way. This happened while other apartment dwellers stayed in their apartments behind closed doors.
Would you want to peek out of your apt. and confront a thug?
Of course he did. He's never been taught that actions have personal responsibility behind them. He's probably heard, and uttered the words, "It's not 'my' fault", his entire life...
This is so tragic. This young punk has the nerve to plead not guilty. I hope that the little tike gets better real soon. I don't think that this low-life will get a "get out of jail free card". What is wrong with kids today? Do they have no respect for anyone? I will be looking forward to finding out how this case is coming along.
Lawyers will usually advise their clients to plead not guilty initially. It gives them time and will usually result in a better plea deal.
It sure makes a body wonder if castration would help the aggressive actions of these young men with a hate problem?
Why are commercial advertisments allowed in the comments area? I thought censores could take care of this free business advertising. But then who said they were allowing it for free. Bottom line, don't even go to these suck-a$$ web sites. They are probaly full of viruses and other cr*p.
Nothing good to say!
The teen told the truth the first time, then some slimy lawyer probably told him to change it, make it like it was an accident. What a nice country this would be without the slimeball lawyers, the 99% that give the rest a bad name...
I believe I can fly.... I believe I can touch the sky....
Hey troll what the f**k is your problem!?!
Why are you following me around? I am flattered, but you know there is an ignore button right?
im not every article i read you happened to have a post wow your pathetic "why are you following me around" like i want to follow you...f**k no!
'On Saturday, police arrested his neighbor, 17-year-old Casmine Aska, who originally told investigators that he threw Martin off the roof after they got into a fight, a police source said.'
This little prick will have a great time in prison. He'll be someone's b*tch for a long time.
I wish the news media would show a posterior view of him. I would like to see how he will fit in with the prison crowd.
Death Penalty!
Sorry, but the victim is not dead yet. If he was, twenty or thirty years from now, well, no, nothing will happen even then.
MSNBC, why are you neglecting to tell us the race of the boys, that is usually part of the headlines if the perpetrator was white ? "Big white boy throws little black boy off roof". Tell us the whole story.......
Thug was black, victim Hispanic.
Why? Because some ninny will inevitably jump up and drag race into a story even if it's not part of the story. I see you're first to the task . . .
There's everybodies favorite (and latest) "code" word again: "teen"
Exactly, being the age of the accused is sevenTEEN it seems so preposterous.