An emotional video has made rounds today involving a top ranked player from Ohio.
Tony Farmer, a 6-7 power forward of Garfield Heights who had offers from the likes of Illinois, DePaul, Penn State and Xavier, collapses to the floor after hearing the judge sentence him to three-years in prison-possibly ending his collegiate basketball career hopes.
Farmer, an 18-year-old senior at Garfield Heights High School, received a three-year prison sentence on Tuesday as a result of pleading guilty to kidnapping, felonious assault and other crimes.
The 6-foot-7 forward had been hoping to receive probation after teachers, coaches and family members testified on his behalf. When he learned he'd be going to prison as the judge read his sentence, he crumpled into the arms of a sheriff's deputy and collapsed to the ground in anguish.
In an odd twist, among those in the gallery sobbing in reaction to the judge's decision was the victim herself, Farmer's ex-girlfriend Andrea Lane. Even though the two remain separated since Farmer attacked Lane last April after she didn't want to reconcile their relationship, Lane had previously asked Judge Pamela Barker not to put Farmer in prison."
The entire courtroom scene is depressing and hard to watch because Farmer had such a bright future prior to this incident.
