WAUKESHA, Wis. -- Four teenage boys who stretched plastic wrap across a road and caused a motorcycle crash were placed on a year of supervision and ordered to perform 60 hours of community service.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez on Monday also ordered the boys, one 14- and three 16-year-olds, to spend four days in detention, pay restitution and attend a mortality awareness program.
"Prank is defined as a mischievous trick or practical joke," Ramirez told one of the 16-year-olds. "That may have been your intent, but that was not the result. Death could have, might have been the result."
Daniel Buckel, 22, and his girlfriend, Theresa Brzykcy, 19, were injured after slamming into the plastic wrap around 1 a.m. July 13. His Honda motorcycle slid across the pavement, and the riders landed on a nearby driveway.
Buckel broke a finger and needed 15 stitches for a gash above an eye. Brzykcy hit the pavement with her head and lost consciousness for a short time but was not seriously injured.
The boys said they didn't expect to do anything more than startle a motorist.
"Myself and three others put Saran wrap across the road, and two people ran into it," one 16-year-old told Ramirez. "We were expecting a car."
The boys, all of Waukesha, approached authorities with their attorneys to take responsibility for the crime before they were connected to it.
They were sanctioned in juvenile proceedings, but Ramirez said the incident was equivalent to two felony counts of recklessly endangering safety, meaning they will never be able to legally own firearms.
"I know that I'll never do anything like this again," one of the boys said after apologizing.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez on Monday also ordered the boys, one 14- and three 16-year-olds, to spend four days in detention, pay restitution and attend a mortality awareness program.
"Prank is defined as a mischievous trick or practical joke," Ramirez told one of the 16-year-olds. "That may have been your intent, but that was not the result. Death could have, might have been the result."
Daniel Buckel, 22, and his girlfriend, Theresa Brzykcy, 19, were injured after slamming into the plastic wrap around 1 a.m. July 13. His Honda motorcycle slid across the pavement, and the riders landed on a nearby driveway.
Buckel broke a finger and needed 15 stitches for a gash above an eye. Brzykcy hit the pavement with her head and lost consciousness for a short time but was not seriously injured.
The boys said they didn't expect to do anything more than startle a motorist.
"Myself and three others put Saran wrap across the road, and two people ran into it," one 16-year-old told Ramirez. "We were expecting a car."
The boys, all of Waukesha, approached authorities with their attorneys to take responsibility for the crime before they were connected to it.
They were sanctioned in juvenile proceedings, but Ramirez said the incident was equivalent to two felony counts of recklessly endangering safety, meaning they will never be able to legally own firearms.
"I know that I'll never do anything like this again," one of the boys said after apologizing.
