Overview

• Both teens, arrested after an early August attempted carjacking that injured 19-year-old Edward Coristine, were sentenced Tuesday to probation rather than detention.
• The boy received 12 months’ probation with house-arrest conditions; the girl received nine months’ probation with placement in a youth shelter, and they were ordered not to contact each other.
• Prosecutors said the male defendant pleaded guilty to felony assault, robbery and simple assault, while the female defendant pleaded guilty to simple assault.
• The judge emphasized that juvenile court’s purpose is rehabilitation, not punishment, as part of the rationale for the probation terms.
• Coristine, who suffered a broken nose and a concussion, addressed the court by video, and police say other suspected participants from a group of about 10 juveniles remain at large.