Top recruit collapses in court after receiving three-year prison sentence

I felt sorry for the kid until I read where the footage shows him kicking the girl in the head while she's on the ground. I hope he learns how to control his anger while doing his bid.
 
You 6'7, a top prospect, pussy is going to be lining up around the corner for you, the world is your oyster, and you worried about one broad:smh::angry:
 
Very sad waste of a young mans potential and potential future. Very sad...


Does anyone have the details to the actual crime? Surely it couldnt have been as heinous as it sounds based on the level of shock displayed by the young man upon hearing that he would actually have to serve time. Someone clearly gave him false hope.
 
He needed a mentor,someone in his ear to tell him not to fuck his life up due to his own stupidity.
 
I don't feel sorry for him. Apparently the situation was captured on video which included him, who happens to be 6-7, dragging her by her hair. Second of all the judge says before announcing the amount of time he's getting that he will serve the minimum. So what the fuck did he think was about to happen?
 
he's young, stupid and mad insecure. if you're 6'7" u are getting pussy thrown at you all kinds of ways. why try to handcuff one? i'm sure he was getting mad pussy even at high school. can u imagine how he woulda fared in college?
 
but big ben is still slanging footballs like he didnt rape 2 woman???!!! Wtf is going on? <<<(rhetorical)
 
Very sad waste of a young mans potential and potential future. Very sad...


Does anyone have the details to the actual crime? Surely it couldnt have been as heinous as it sounds based on the level of shock displayed by the young man upon hearing that he would actually have to serve time. Someone clearly gave him false hope.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Tony Farmer, a onetime star of Garfield Heights' high school basketball team, crumpled into the arms of a sheriff's deputy Tuesday, moments after Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Pamela Barker began sentencing him to prison.

The 18-year-old Farmer, who would have been a senior this fall and ranked as one of the top 100 high school basketball players in the nation, was hoping for probation. Instead, Barker sent him away for a total of three years for kidnapping, felonious assault and other crimes.

Cries of anguish erupted from the gallery as Farmer, wearing orange jail garb, his hands cuffed behind his back, dropped to the floor.

Nearly two dozen spectators, including friends, family and former teachers, had packed the courtroom for the emotional hearing. Among them was Farmer's ex-girlfriend Andrea Lane, 18, who he admitted attacking last April after she didn't want to reconcile their relationship.

Lane asked Barker not to sentence Farmer to prison, but made it clear she wanted no contact with him.


"I know he was a good person," she said. "I hope he still is."

Lane, who had been sobbing, bolted from the courtroom as Barker began reading the sentence, as did Farmer's mother, Michele, who had moments before asked Barker to spare her son from going to prison.

Michele Farmer described her son as a young man who had been in love and "made a bad decision."

Farmer pleaded guilty in July to kidnapping, felonious assault, robbery and intimidating a victim stemming from his altercation last April with Lane in the lobby and parking lot of her apartment complex in Bedford Heights.

Much of the incident was caught on videotape inside the apartment building.

At Tuesday's sentencing hearing, Sonny Johnson, the varsity basketball coach at Garfield Heights High School, told Barker that Farmer understood the seriousness of what he did.

"If you give him a chance, he's in good hands," Johnson told the judge.

Two of Farmer's former teachers also spoke, including Joni Wanderstock.

"Instead of his massive height," said Wanderstock, who taught English to the 6-foot-7-inch Farmer, "I see his massive heart."

When it came time for Farmer to speak, he turned and faced the gallery, apologizing to Lane, her family and to his family.

He then told the judge, "I'm really not a bad kid," and asked for the chance to finish his senior year in high school so he could earn a basketball scholarship.

But Barker reminded him that the security video from the apartment building shows him kicking Lane in the head as she cowers in a corner.

"You can see the fear on her face," the judge said.

Barker said she would review Farmer's sentence after 180 days.

But that didn't seem like much consolation for Farmer's mother.

"I was hoping my son was coming home today," Michele Farmer said, "and he's not."

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/08/tony_farmer_sentenced_to_three.html
 
M.O.B. (I wonder if the victim was White? :rolleyes:)

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I will be damned if I take a pussy on per diem or payday poster serious.

:roflmao:

You 6'7, a top prospect, pussy is going to be lining up around the corner for you, the world is your oyster, and you worried about one broad:smh::angry:

For the record He was not even a Top 100 recruit..j.ust a 3 star recruit with a score of 78

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/ba...73/tony-farmer
 
For the record He was not even a Top 100 recruit..j.ust a 3 star recruit with a score of 78

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/ba...73/tony-farmer

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...rmer-106477;_ylt=AnV3MGV18L_gZ6KcItLXT3_XO5B4

PLAYING WITH POWER

Class of 2013 four-star prospect Tony Farmer is having a stellar year for Cleveland (Ohio) Garfield Heights. The powerful forward is attacking the rim for 21 points per game and getting on the glass for 13 rebounds per game.

Head coaches Tom Izzo, Bruce Weber and Chris Mack have checked on Farmer this year. Michigan State hasn't yet offered, but offers are in from Illinois and Xavier.

Also in strong pursuit of Farmer are DePaul and Penn State, which have offered. Assistants from Iowa and Ohio State have also watched Farmer this year.

Tony Farmer - All Ohio Red 17u - Got to see all of Farmer's games except for the championship loss and he was playing with a good amount of energy on both ends of the court. With him not in attendance the last time we scouted AOR it is tough to realize how big of a difference he makes on the court. His athleticism, power, and size are simply dominant on the wing; and he has continued to refine his handle to make himself a true small forward. He didn't shoot the ball great but well enough to make defenders come out on him; and he passed it extremely well once he got into the teeth of the defense.
 
He should have let that female go and focus on getting his career going. Fuck the jumpoffs and kept it moving. Damn bro, keep your head up.
 
Someone clearly gave him false hope.

They keep mentioning the 180 day review. Prison sentences are not routinely reviewed at 180 days unless the possibility of "shock probation" is in the mix.

From the totality of the circumstances it appears that if he stays out of trouble in lock up and has a good report from the prison that the judge will suspend the sentence at 180 days, which is probably the limit on the time the judge has to amend the sentence (plenary power), and place the defendant on probation.
 
Damn I feel so bad for the young brother. Today's laws can get you for even a five minute burst of temper. Even if the 'victim' doesn't want to press charges. Young cats need to know that a slap or a grab of an arm can result in jail time. Walk away from dat bitch...

...on another note


...I was trying not to laugh :lol::lol::lol::lol:

...but at the 24 sec mark he started to get light headed and ...next thing :lol::lol:

...I tried... but ya'll set it up.

Lord forgive me.
 
purely bullshit they railroaded this brother taking his age given she wasnt hurt given she asked for leniency why such asevere sentence?????

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purely bullshit they railroaded this brother taking his age given she wasnt hurt given she asked for leniency why such asevere sentence?????

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Well he did plead guilty. My issue is that after the judge announces the 2nd charge and the amount of time for that he says to his lawyer I have 5 years so maybe he wasn't as informed as he should have been before copping to the guilty charge.
 
All these single fine women out here. Your about to go to a place where there are even more single fine women. what a fool.
 
shit looked like the ending of a law & order svu episode..all that was missing was where benson and fin walk out the courtroom shaking their heads then the
"Executive Producer Dick Wolf" credit :lol:

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

DEAD!!!

I could picture the shit as I was reading your comment.:lol:
 
They keep mentioning the 180 day review. Prison sentences are not routinely reviewed at 180 days unless the possibility of "shock probation" is in the mix.

From the totality of the circumstances it appears that if he stays out of trouble in lock up and has a good report from the prison that the judge will suspend the sentence at 180 days, which is probably the limit on the time the judge has to amend the sentence (plenary power), and place the defendant on probation.
Understood. I was referring to his expectations at sentencing. He was in no way prepared for the possibility of receiving a 3year sentence nor was he briefed on what exactly that sentence meant. His attorney should have gone over all of that with him upon entering his plea and again prior to sentencing. That poor bastard didnt have a clue.
 
It's better that he show his true colors now instead of later, it's obvious he didn't have the "It" factor. A true professional is ready for all circumstances and handles the problems and pressure as they occur. I wouldn't be able to trust him to take the last shot, he literally folds under pressure.

Ask yourself a question. Which one of you are going to pick him up from the free throw line when he misses the game tying shot?
 
purely bullshit they railroaded this brother taking his age given she wasnt hurt given she asked for leniency why such asevere sentence?????

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yall clowns are acting like kidnappin, assault and robbery arent serious offenses. If you want to roll dice in front of the judge that's on you big fella
 
:lol::lol::lol: did anybody notice the lawyer do da pat riley face from dat jordan 55 point game...the oh no not dis shit again look

jacoby and meyers failed dat black kid next time get a real lawyer not cousin vinny
 
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