News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Moyer had planned to go to work on Monday in a construction job, helping to build a home in the Tumalo area.
Instead, immediately after the 10 a.m. hearing on May 13, Moyer was handcuffed, hugged by his parents and transported to the Haag Group Home in Junction City.
Moyer had been living at home in Sisters after being released from the J Bar J on April 29. He had served more than 13 months for manslaughter and unlawful possession of a weapon in the shooting death of a friend, B.J. Jones.
Moyer, Jones and another youth, John Leese, were playing "war games" with live ammunition in a gravel pit when Jones was shot and killed on February 27, 1994.
Moyer, who turns 19 on June 13, seemed much more mature when answering a reporter's questions and in the courtroom on Monday than he had over a year ago. He did not seem to be confused or overwhelmed by what was happening to him. He acknowledged he did not complete the "Maximum Benefit Program" at the J Bar J, and he admitted that he still has "some problems with my anger."
At the same time, he indicated that when given enough time to think through the consequences, he could make a good decision.
But Moyer's discharge review by the J Bar J was harsh, and indicted Moyer's parents as much as Jeremy.
The review said that Jeremy Moyer continued to victimize others and believes that society's rules do not apply to him.
Moyer needs additional treatment for his disregard of the consequences of his actions, denial, manipulation, portrayal of himself as a victim and use of anger to maintain control, according to the J Bar J.
The review stated that Moyer's parents did not support the J Bar J program and their "enabling" had impeded treatment of their son. The review questioned whether Jeremy Moyer's parents would report probation violations.
At the probation hearing, Moyer's lawyer, Jacques DeKalb, told Judge Brady that while Moyer acknowledged he had failed the J Bar J program, the Moyer family felt "the program failed Jeremy as well."
Asked after the hearing how J Bar J had failed their son, Dave and Donna Moyer declined to discuss the situation until after they had a chance to speak with an attorney.
Deschutes County District Attorney Mike Dugan said that Moyer refused to abide by the rules at the J Bar J and picked on smaller and younger inmates.
Dugan said that by being sent to the Haag Group Home in Junction City, Jeremy Moyer would be near Lane Community College and the University of Oregon and could "further his education" if he desired.
At the same time, Moyer "would be on a tight leash," Dugan said.
In accepting Moyer's admission that he violated the conditions of his probation, Judge Brady cautioned Jeremy Moyer that he must succeed at the Haag Group Home or he would serve the remainder of his time locked up at the McLaren School.
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