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attitude changed. Parrish
started drinking, talking
tough and hanging out with
gang members.
Even though she was now
a single mother with a tod-
dler Curtis still wanted to
take care of Parrish.
“I tried to get custody of
Parrish many times,” she
says.
In fall 2009 Curtis learned
he had, “pushed a kid off a
bicycle” and stolen the bicy-
cle.
“His attorney called me
and said ‘would you be will-
ing to take Parrish?” she
says. She said she would,
and she talked to case work-
er Raymond Goss. Curtis
says Goss told her she need-
ed approval from Parrish’s
juvenile counselor, Sylvia
Martinez. She says she
called about eight times, but
got no response.
“She would never return
my calls, and she would
never talk to me, so it never
happened.”
Curtis once got a call from
somebody at juvenile deten-
tion center, she says. But
she was out of cell phone
range at the time. When she
did connect with the worker,
she learned Parrish was
back at home. After that she
only heard from him spo-
radically.
“He would call me every
once in a while from a
friend’s cell phone just to let
me know he was ok. I think
he felt defeated. I felt
defeated.”
Henry Stern, a spokesper-
son for Multnomah County
juvenile services division,
confirmed that Parrish was
arrested in fall 2009, shortly
after LD’s death. He issued
this statement.
“This young man started
his probation with the coun-
ty in November 2009 on
charges of theft II and
harassment. Between that
initial probation contact in
November 2009 and March
28, 2011, he was held in
juvenile detention six times,
five of which were for pro-
bation violations. The sixth
time—from March 31, 2010
to April 6, 2010—he was
detained in the Donald E.
Long Juvenile Detention
Home for possession of a
firearm in a public place.
While we can confirm that
the Juvenile Services Divi-
sion was actively working
with the family, state law
does not allow us to com-
ment
about
specific
interventions and contacts
in any juvenile’s record. We
can say that any time a juve-
nile comes before the court
in detention, the Juvenile
Services Division works
with all parties to find the
most suitable placement
option for that young man
or woman, and keeps the
court informed.”
Curtis and Stone say if
Parrish had got the help he
needed early on, he would-
n’t have been running the
streets. And he would never
have picked up a gun in the
first place.
“He had no stability,”
Curtis said. “He’s had one
emotional upheaval after
another. DHS made one
mistake after another.
“In my heart of hearts I
don’t feel Parrish has the
capability in his soul of
doing this. If he did, it was
an accident.”
Parrish Bennette entered his bail hearing in ankle chains, June 24. Bail was
refused.
Reporter
Disclosure:
The first time I heard of Par-
rish Bennette was in 2007,
when he and my son were
both students at Mt. Tabor
Middle School. Parrish and
my son got into an argument
and my son shoved Parrish.
But although I knew his
name, I never met Parrish or
his father. I first met Made-
line Stone and Pat Curtis
after Parrish’s arrest in April
2011. In June 2011, I spoke
to Parrish’s attorney Thad-
deus Betz and his assistant.
They said they could not
share any information with
me. At their request, I
passed on contact informa-
tion for Stone and Curtis.
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Fax: (206) 286-7523
1505 Westlake Ave N, Suite 500
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