ABBEVILLE, La. ( KLFY ) – An ongoing question many community leaders and community members are wondering is “What can be done to stop juvenile crime?” A pastor of Freedom World Ministries, local activist and native of Abbeville Lawrence Levy offers some solutions.
“I think that when it comes down to crime in our community we all play a part. People probably disagree, but I have my own thoughts. I believe that it is the community’s fault as well, because if we don’t provide what’s needed when crimes and when murder and things like this happen with our kids, we have to all take some accountability, especially if it’s a kid that we’ve been seeing going down the wrong path for a while,” said Levy. “If you’ve been seeing this kid drift away from what a normal kid should be doing and we’re not saying anything. It’s all our fault, and we have to stop caring simply about our kids and start caring about kids in general.”
In the wake of a recent shooting where authorities said a 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with first-degree murder of Dylan M. Walker, 19 of New Iberia.