A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge has ordered the release, without bail, of an off-duty Baltimore County police officer indicted in the death of a Randallstown teen.
James Laboard, 32, on two counts of manslaughter in the June 13 death of Christopher Brown, 17, by a Baltimore County grand jury.
Deputy State's Attorney Robin Coffin told Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Jan Marshall Alexander that investigators did not believe Laboard intended to kill Brown. She did not recommend a bail amount.
Four officers who worked with Brown testified on his behalf, calling him a calm, responsible police officer and friend who frequently helped ease tense situations on the job.
Shaun Owens, Laboard's attorney, noted his client's long-standing ties to the area including a 7-year-old daughter for whom he is responsible for and asked for no bail.
Alexander agreed to release Labroad without bail.
"It's not a matter of leniency," Alexander said. "It's a matter of what's fair and appropriate.
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The boy may have done something wrong but what the officer did was far worse because he was trained to deal with situations while under pressure.
there are cases where juviniles are tried as adults, tis is not a young child as you try to depict.,......... dont look at the chronological age look at the capacity of this young MAN( hes 17 and he should know better)
i agree with those who say the off duty shouldve use his training and held on to the kid til they got him in cuffs, , but again I ask was there a scuffle ? back to my personal story,,,,,,, I had to wrestle the next door neigbors kid ( he was about 17 0r 18) he was much taller than me and out weighed me ,,,,,,,, I got the best of him, at one point I piukced him up and slammed him on to the hood of a car,,,,,,,, one of his thug friends jumped in and got me good on the side of the face, the punk took a branch and tried to hit my mother with it,thats how it got started,,, btw his mother was a nice lady, ,,,,,,,,,, he himself was slime ,,,,,,,,, so dont tell me about these so called "children" ,Ive experienced their nasty attiudes first hand,,,,,,, had I hurt him seriously that night I think he had it coming,,,,,,,,, my mother is dead now, but one thing is for sure,,,,,,,,,, I defended her,,,,,,,,,, stop making excuse for these 6 foot tall children with rotten attitudes
In our tours of duty, we have been there, and maybe we're just lucky that no one died.
thats a quote,,,,,,,,, I meant to type 170 not 179 so I was off by 12 pounds ok, I was about 152 when I foguht the punk next door who was about 170 , he had me in a head lock and when I picked him up by wrapping my arems around hislegs allhe could do then was worry about where he was going to landm his grip lossened as I slmmed him on the hood of a car, blood was allover i the next day mine........ my foreamrs were scraoed up badly from the side walk ,,,,,,,,,,,, that how it goes , you attack my family I attack you
are you kidding Al? it's never the parents responsiblity for the teenagers , it takes a village, Al...... it take a good hard street lesson , wheres the other boys who were throwing rocks ? why dont they comne forward,,,,,,,, only brave in groups