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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

He is charged on 22 counts, which include vehicle trespass, property thefts and criminal possession of ID documents.

None of the charges relate to the purported sex tape.

Clickbait headline. The 22 charges should be the focus.

But at the same time this kid is 18. He's young and stupid, who cares? Stupid kid does stupid things and is dumb enough to get caught.

[–] TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

None of the charges relate to it because he wasn’t arrested for the sex tape, they found out about it while investigating the theft. Any charges for the sex tape will be done separate. They don’t lump charges for crimes together unless the second crime was committed along with the first.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I'm of the mind that if the girl was in his age group it shouldn't even matter. But we don't know so whatever.

I'm just saying that they should be talking about the 22 charges for thieft and etc, not a what if video.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You know they can do both, right? They don't have to limit themselves to one article per story. They can write this one and one about the other charges.

If a person has a pending charge and pick up a new one unrelated to the first, unless there is some procedural or legal conflict, the two cases can be (and often are) combined for judicial expediency as it will be the same judge and prosecutor (and public defender if that applies) on both cases. Also, sometimes one jury can hear both charges, and sometimes they need to be tried separately, and that can depend on a variety of factors.

"But at the same time this kid is 18. He's young and stupid, who cares? Stupid kid does stupid things and is dumb enough to get caught."

Perhaps though if it was you or me (at that age) or any teenager off the street, it's not national "news." Many people grow up to regret youthful indiscretions, and fortunately most of those acts didn't become national headlines that follow one forever. (I'm just not a fan of every act in this digital age being preserved on the internet in perpetuity. A prime example are those parasitic websites that scrape arrest records to then extort those who have been arrested (whether or not eventually found innocent at trial or charges dismissed)).