Subject:  Nate Abraham... remember him? In trouble again. |
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Date Posted: 05/30/08 6:51pm
I had my doubts he would stay out of trouble when he wore clothes that looked like he was a pimp when he was released. And now he was arrested for drugs. Whats next, a gun again and another shooting? What a disappointment.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Former Abraham guardian: Drug arrest 'very disappointing'
Delores Flynn, Mike Martindale and George Hunter / The Detroit News
PONTIAC -- The network of people who put their faith in Nathaniel Abraham's ability to turn his life around were keenly disappointed when they heard the young man, who captured international attention as an 11-year-old when he killed a Pontiac man, was charged Friday with dealing drugs.
Abraham, 22, was arrested after an alleged drug deal Friday in the parking lot of a gas station in Pontiac. Police say Abraham had 254 Ecstasy pills in his possession. He was charged via video arraignment Friday in 50th District Court with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, a 20-year felony. Bond was set at $10,000.
"I'm very sad today," Abraham's former guardian, Elaine Rosati, said. "We worked very hard to get him ready to live in the world, and now this happens. It's very disappointing."
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About six plainclothes Pontiac Police officers and Michigan State Police troopers were operating a juvenile curfew detail at 1 a.m. when they noticed a possible drug sale between a male subject on a bike and a man at a vehicle, who was later identified as 22-year-old Abraham, at the station in the 1100 block of N. Perry, according to Sgt. Kevin Braddock.
A couple of officers approached Abraham, who was standing behind the open trunk of the car, while other officers approached from behind. As officers got closer, Abraham was seen throwing a purple Crown Royal liquor bag back into the trunk of the car, according to police. It was later investigated and contained what were suspected to be individually wrapped Ecstasy pills.
In January 2007, Abraham was released from juvenile detention because he had reached 21 years of age. His case drew international attention when he shot and killed Ronnie Greene, 21, of Pontiac, with a stolen .22-caliber rifle in November 1997.
He was charged with first-degree murder under a get-tough Michigan law that allows prosecutors to charge juveniles of any age with serious felonies. The law gave judges the option to sentence juveniles to adult prison time or keep them in juvenile detention until age 21.
After a jury convicted Abraham of second-degree murder, Judge Eugene Arthur Moore sentenced Abraham to eight years of juvenile detention with a mandated release at age 21.
During those years, Abraham earned his GED and began college classes but continued to struggle with anger management and authority figures.
After his release, Abraham recorded a rap album and talked with youngsters about staying out of trouble.
"I'm very disappointed and particularly sad for the hundreds of people who worked hard to rehabilitate him," Moore said Friday in a written statement.
Nicole Edwards, sister of the murder victim, also expressed disappointment in Abraham's drug arrest.
"I thought he would rehabilitate himself," she said. "This is like a slap in the face."
You can reach Delores Flynn at (248) 647-7225 or dflynn@detnews.com.
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