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MAN.
HE WAS PULLED OVER THANKSGIVING
DAY SWERVING AND SPEEDING ON
INTERSTATE 94 IN A SCHOOL BUS
STOLEN FROM METRO GRAND RAPIDS.
TONIGHT "24-HOUR NEWS 8"
SUSAN SAMPLES REPORTS JOSIAH
CURTIS' CASE IS PROMPTING A CALL
LAW.
MY HEART JUST SANK, YOU KNOW.
HE'S A SWEET GUY.
HE DOES WELL WHEN HE'S TAKING
HIS MAKES.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE OKAY?
DON WORKED WITH JOSIAH CURTIS
FOR TWO YEARS AND COUNTLESS
OTHERS LIKE HIM FOR DECADES.
I'VE KNOWN MANY, MANY PEOPLE
I'VE WORKED WITH WHO COUNTED THE
DAYS UNTIL THEIR COURT ORDER WAS
OVER SO THAT THEY COULD GO OFF
THEIR MEDICATIONS, AND THEN THEY
CRASH AND BURN.
HE SAID SEWS SEWS CRASHED AND
BURNED WHEN GRAND RAPIDS CENTER
BEGAN WORKING WITH THE
25-YEAR-OLD AFTER THIS INCIDENT
IN 2009.
2009.
THIS PROMPTED THE EVACUATION OF
A COLLEGE.
THAT'S WHEN THE SERVANT CENTER
BECAME CURTIS' GUARDIAN AND GOT
A COURT ORDER TO FORCE HIM TO
GET MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
THE PROBLEM, THOSE ORDERS
USUALLY EXPIRE IN 60 OR 90 DAYS.
I THINK SOME CHANGES NEED TO
BE MADE.
TACKLING STATE LEGISLATORS TO
PASS A LAW ALLOWING JUDGES TO
SIGN COURT ORDERS FOR UP TO
THREE YEARS, IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN
COMMITTED MORE THAN THREE TIMES.
IN MY 20, 25 YEARS WORKING
WITH MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS
PEOPLE, I'VE KNOWN CLIENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN INVOLUNTARILY
PETITIONS INTO THE PSYCHIATRIC
HOSPITAL 15, 20, 25, 30 TIMES IN
THEIR LIFE.
CURTIS WAS COMMITTED FIVE
TIMES IN A SINGLE YEAR AND
RECENTLY POSED FOR FIVE MUG
SHOTS IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
DON SEEMS LONGER COURT ORDERS
COULD STOP THE RESOLVING DOOR.
THAT'S CURTIS DRESSED UP IN THE
BACKGROUND OUTSIDE DESCRIBING
HIMSELF AS A FAIRYTALE
CHARACTER.
WE HAVE CHEERLEADERS, STUDENT
COUNSEL.