MILWAUKEE — A judge has ruled that a 14-year-old charged in the kidnapping of 7-year-old Jamal White will remain in secure detention after denying the defense’s request for home monitoring.
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The teen appeared in juvenile court Thursday for a plea hearing, where the teen’s attorney asked for them to be released to home monitoring with GPS tracking.
The judge denied the request, noting the seriousness of the allegations against the juvenile.
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Prosecutors allege the teen plotted to rob Jamal White’s mother, along with two others who have also been charged in connection with the kidnapping.
Court documents say the teen took the child when they couldn’t find his mother after arriving at the family’s home on July 11, and after the child’s father ran back inside the home.
Jamal was found the next day, unharmed, in the upper unit of a Milwaukee home.
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The teen’s next court date is scheduled for Aug. 11.
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