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   Noah Ney admitted charges involving firearms, drugs, gangs, theft and   
   assault   
   He shot a child as a 15-year-old but was sentenced as an adult when the   
   court found he had 'no amenability to treatment'   
   Sentence was passed two months after he mounted a daring escape from a   
   Tulsa juvenile detention center   
   Terrorized victims of a baby-faced gangster who shot a little girl in the   
   neck have breathed a sigh of relief after the 16-year-old from Oklahoma   
   was jailed for 50 years.   
      
   Noah Ney was sentenced as an adult for the 2022 shooting after the court   
   was told he knows the difference between right and wrong but has 'no   
   amenability to treatment'.   
      
   The 4ft 9ins gunman was jailed on Monday, two months after he mounted a   
   daring escape from a Tulsa juvenile detention center where he had   
   assaulted staff, flooded his cell and smeared faeces on the walls.   
      
   'I have treatment records in a packet thicker than a dictionary showing   
   treatment attempts that he rejected, by escaping or assaulting staff that   
   were there to help him,' said Assistant Tulsa County District Attorney   
   Morgan Medders.   
      
   Ney already had a criminal record stretching back to his middle school   
   years when he shot the five-year-old girl in April last year in what the   
   court heard was an initiation into the town's Hoover Crips gang.   
      
   She was playing inside her home in North Rockford Avenue when he drove by   
   in a stolen car and fired a gun at the house, hitting her in the neck and   
   shoulder.   
   'There were multiple people in the line of fire during the drive-by   
   shooting,' Medders told Tulsa District Court.   
      
   'The five-year-old was transported to hospital by EMSA because of the   
   severity of her injuries and a difference of an inch or two in the   
   penetrating gunshot wounds to the child could have resulted in her death.'   
      
   Ney was awaiting sentence for the shooting when he and another inmate   
   scaled the fence of the Tulsa County Juvenile Justice Center and went on   
   the run.   
      
   But he was arrested at gunpoint three days later outside a convenience   
   store after a tip–off from the public.   
      
   'We came around the corner between us and Tulsa Police Department, got him   
   surrounded, and were able to take him in,' said Sergeant Scott Streeter of   
   the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office Warrants Unit.   
      
   'I think he thought about running, he turned around but everyone was all   
   sides of him so he laid down on the ground and gave up.'   
      
   The court that both Ney's parents have criminal records, and his father   
   has been repeatedly imprisoned.   
      
   Ney's mother admitted her son shows cruelty to both people and animals but   
   said she blamed herself for her son's behavior.   
      
   His aunt said he had been neglected his whole life, but the court was told   
   that Ney's behavior had deteriorated during placements with both his aunt   
   and his grandmother.   
      
   'A neighbor testified to Noah causing havoc in the neighborhood by wearing   
   gang colors and, carrying guns and knives and often pulling them on   
   neighbors while threatening them,' Medders said.   
      
   'While several extended family members appeared at the certification   
   hearing, those same people have been available to Noah throughout his   
   extensive juvenile history and that did not appear to make a difference.'   
      
   Ney was sentenced to 50 years after admitting 12 counts involving   
   firearms, drugs, gangs, theft and assault.   
      
   The judge said scheduled a judicial review of his sentence in 2028 where   
   it could be reduced if he demonstrates remorse and reform.   
      
   But former neighbors of Ney's said they were glad to see the back of him.   
      
   'This might be the signal that more of our youth offenders need that if   
   you commit the crime you'll do the time!' wrote Ronnie Jo Bingham on   
   Facebook.   
      
   'Is his mother going to be charged with neglect?' demanded Tauny Knight.   
      
   'Old enough to do adult crimes,' wrote Debbie McAfee   
      
   'His age shouldn't be taken into consideration when deciding his   
   sentence.'   
      
   'Play big boy games. Get big boy prizes,' added Tim Ostin.   
      
   Others expressed sympathy for the 90-pound wannabe gangster.   
      
   'Breaks my heart,' wrote JamiLea Gifford.   
      
   'This little boy played on the same team as my son in elementary. He was   
   so sweet then.'   
      
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