Articles labeled: Troiano

A 16 year old boy is accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill his parents who continually grounded him and took away his playstation for getting bad grades.

As the mother pleads for the boy to be tried as an adult, one has to wonder what the environment was like for this troubled boy. As the article states, the boy was allegedly kicked out of his house for stealing $45 dollars out of his sisters piggy bank. A good defense lawyer could surely spin some sort of abuse allegation as a reason for his sociopathic tendencies. The mother is said to have witnessed the degeneration of her son’s behavior after she left his father when he was a baby. Did they not seek help for this boy when he most needed it? What happened to him to have such hate and disdain for his mother and stepfather? This story conjures up many unanswered questions….

WASHINGTON — Like many middle-class, suburban American parents, Shannan and Joey Troiano worried about their son’s behaviour and his bad grades at high school. And like many wayward teenagers, Cory Ryder was grounded for weeks at a time, had a PlayStation confiscated and was banned from watching TV.

Less typically, this 16-year-old was plotting to murder his parents by hiring a hitman, while his mother was organising a sting operation involving a police officer posing as a contract killer.

Cory’s trial is scheduled to begin today at the circuit court in St Mary’s County, Maryland. His mother is expected to testify as a witness for the prosecution.