LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A Las Vegas mom is suing the youngsters she mentioned beat up her son, and she or he’s accusing the Clark County juvenile justice system of failing her household.
Amy Luciano advised 8 Information Now that it began as a dispute amongst Palo Verde Excessive College college students; nevertheless, Luciano mentioned it shortly escalated right into a mob of teenagers attacking her son.
“There was a total of seven juvenile offenders that jumped Devin; only three of the juvenile offenders ended up getting charged and that was only due to my persistence,” Luciano mentioned.
She visited 8 Information Now to debate how she’s nonetheless preventing for justice almost two years after her son was attacked.
“He slept in my room for 30 days and every night I could hear him crying in his sleep, saying, ‘I’m sorry. Please stop kicking me,'” Luciano mentioned.
She shared photos of the accidents to her son’s face, who was 15 years outdated on the time.
8 Information Now obtained a video of the struggle, which occurred at a home celebration close to Palo Verde Excessive College within the northwest Las Vegas valley on Oct. 28, 2023. She mentioned it pressured her to maneuver him to Reno.
“It was the only place that was safe at the time because the juvenile offenders did not know where we lived,” Luciano mentioned.
The teenagers have been sentenced to probation. Upset with the punishment they obtained, and the harassment Luciano mentioned her different three youngsters confronted from the teenagers after the struggle, she filed a civil lawsuit final week towards the scholars she mentioned beat up her son. She additionally sued the homeowners of the house the place the struggle occurred.
“What happened was wrong and somebody’s got to pay, because Devin is never going to be the same. Not with a mild traumatic brain injury.” Luciano mentioned.
8 Information Now shouldn’t be figuring out the teenagers since they have been charged as juveniles. However none hung out in jail.
Luciano advocated for them to be tried as adults, not as juveniles, since they have been near 18 on the time.
“[Expletive], that’s nothing more than an excuse. These kids’ brains are formally formed and they’re fully aware and they know exactly what they’re doing,” Luciano mentioned. “So, why can’t the prosecutors hold these juvenile offenders accountable?”
Luciano mentioned her son missed a full 12 months of faculty because of the mind accidents he suffered. Though she moved her son again to Clark County from Reno, she has no plans of enrolling him at Palo Verde Excessive College.
