Some Central Illinois officials say juvenile crime is getting worse, more violent – WICS (Springfield)

“There are cases where we would normally want to see a child detained. For whatever reason," said Scott Rueter, Macon County Sheriff. "But we have to make some pretty hard choices about the more or most serious cases and where we spend our detention dollars basically.”
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EricPost
2 years ago

Of course it is. The Under 18 set are used as runners and crims, by the over 18 crowd, because they know their records will be sealed, no names revealed and there are no consequences for their actions. AND they make in one day what they could make in a month at a legitimate job.

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