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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
Also, does anyone know: if a juvy is tried as an adult, and convicted, do they serve their time in juvy or adult?
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3 teens indicted in gang rape, could face life prison terms
Avion Lawson, 13, Nathan Walker, 16, and Jakaris Taylor, 15, were indicted on charges that included masked, armed sexual battery by multiple perpetrators - eight counts - burglary with assault or battery, and kidnapping. Each of the eight sexual battery counts carries a life sentence. Four of the other 14 counts are first-degree felonies; the remaining two are felonies in the second and third degrees.
The defendants now will probably be booked into the county jail on Gun Club Road, the same as adults charged with crimes.
"That would be normal procedure. If they are charged as adults, they would be transferred to the main detention facility," said Paul Miller, a sheriff's office spokesman.
At the jail, they will be housed on the 12th-floor juvenile center, Miller said.
"There are always about 40 to 50 of them," he said. "They're kept away from adult prisoners."
If the three are convicted, they will likely be incarcerated at Indian River Correctional Institution in Vero Beach, where there is a "young adult offender" wing, said Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger. That's where Nathaniel Brazill, convicted of shooting and killing Lake Worth Middle School teacher Barry Grunow, initially was sent.
When they turn 18, young felons are transferred to other prisons to serve out their sentences, Plessinger said.