This needs to be on Nancy Grace, or Jane Valdez-Mitchell. How long until we find out that the “little prince” has gone back to whatver rock his parents are from? Oh, whoops, he is going to college in Africa now.

Justice in Palm Beach County = Over a million in the bank.

Agree to disagree on the Benjamin thing. However, I think we both agree that what happened to these families is tragic, this kid should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and we hope justice is swiftly served.

Your Fellow “Benjamino”,

-Skippy

Let’s get real, and please take your rose colored glasses off.

To answer your question, there’s nothing wrong with networking at their kids school. However, when people like Ellen Roberts–”supposedly” one of the toughest prosecutors on juvenile fatal car crash causers–goes soft on someone, presumably because they attend Benjamin as did her kids.. that’s a problem. Your tax dollars pay for her to keep these allegedly harmful people locked up. That’s when “networking” –or in this case–loyalty to a flaw becomes a problem.

Tell me how the Benjamin education is better than the public school’s? I attended there, and I can tell you it wasn’t. Further, the kids at Benjamin do not get into better schools than their public school counterparts. While I agree, many think their kids get a better education there, they know they don’t. And the real reason why they send their kids there is to keep up with the Joneses or avoid the “element” found in the public school system. You know what I mean. Yes. Criminal incidents at public schools do happen too, but when you look at the crimes committed by Benjamin School students–whether they are caught or not–the numbers per student are staggering. I know, because I went there and saw it for myself.

But, alas, we digress. The point of my post wasn’t to bash Benjamin but rather to underscore just how tight the Benjamin bond–or family tie–really is. If you get locked up for a crime and the prosecutor on the case also sent her kids to the same school as the criminal, you get to go to college. If you smoke pot and do cocaine and marry a certain Hollywood actor, you are heralded as a “proud alum” by fellow Benjaminos. Seriously, that’s too bad.

Do parents network with other parents at their kids’ school to do business? Sure, they do..everywhere. They also do this through rec sports, religious organizations, and in their neighborhoods. What’s wrong with that?

I’m not sure if you polled Benjamin parents they would say they sent their kids to school there to escape “sexs, drugs, and violence”. In my experience, they have and do send their children there to get an advanced education. There IS a party scene at Benjamin, just as every other school in the area: Cardinal Newman, Jupiter Christian, Gardens..etc.

Full disclosure: I actually attended Benjamin in the 80’s and 90’s. There were parties, sometimes on the water..but our classes were close knit..and not partaking in the parties definitely did NOT make you a “nobody”.

As you say, the Benjamin administration is not ignorant to what students do on the weekends. If you talk to any school administration, it’s the same. I can’t speak to the “student being assulted”, but I can tell you that in the 20+ years I have been involved with that community..things have indeed been safer than the public school system: no guns, knives, major fights.

My only point: Benjamin is not simply a community of corrupt and harmful people as this thread would lead you to believe. Last week a student was arrested for DUI manslaughter and a 16 year old girl was arrested for trying to murder her boyfriend-both at public high schools. They just don’t make the gossip column because there is no “juicy” financial aspect to the story.

Ultimately, I agree with what is being said here. The loss of life is TRAGIC. This young man should be prosecuted regardless of his “connections”. Hope justice is blind and served.