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Man jailed when daughter fails to get diploma
CINCINNATI (AP) - A man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a high school equivalency diploma.
Brian Gegner, of Fairfield, was sentenced last week to 180 days in jail for contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a minor.
He was ordered months ago to make sure his 18-year-old daughter Brittany Gegner, who has a history of truancy, received her GED - something that hasn't happened yet.
Brittany Gegner, who said Monday that she plans to take a required GED test this month, said her father shouldn't be blamed for her failure because she has been living with her mother.
"It was my wrongdoing, not his," said Brittany Gegner, whose fiance and 18-month-old daughter also live at her mother's home in nearby Hamilton. "He shouldn't have to go to jail for something I did."
Her mother agrees.
"Brittany is almost 19 years old now and I think it's unfair to put her father in jail," said Shana Roach. "She's an adult now, and it's not right to rip an innocent man from his home."
Butler County Juvenile Court administrator Rob Clevenger Jr. said Monday that the court still has jurisdiction in the case because Brittany Gegner was a juvenile when the truancy problems began and when the charge against Brian Gegner was filed in 2007.
A hearing on a motion filed by Brian Gegner's attorney to reconsider the sentence is scheduled for Friday. Messages seeking comment were not returned Monday at the offices of defense attorney Tamara Sack and the Butler County prosecutor.
Brian Gegner's wife, Stephanie Gegner, said she and her husband are afraid he will lose his job if he remains in jail. She said they tried to keep his daughter in school.
"You'd take her to school and she'd go out the other door," Stephanie Gegner said.
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Posted in: News on May 13, 2008 @ 12:00 AM
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This is some insane shit. Pass our test or we will imprison your family!
God damn.
Those son of a bitches sink low but they just keep surprising me.
Nice find thunder!!
That's just beyond ridiculous... WTF?
I wasn't surprised when I heard this because her original age was reported as 16. But the general consensus now seems to be that she's 18, which mystifies me. She's a legal adult, so I'm baffled as to why her parents would be held responsible for her truancy. Also, I'm fairly sure Ohio only has attendance requirements until 16 or 17. Maybe he's charged for the "crime" committed when she was 17?
Disgusting.
That judge should be arrested for being a misled moronic idiot.
Stay in school or you're doomed to all heck.
I'm outraged. D:
I feel like starting a riot.
why the hell do you blame the guy!
he may have gone to the end of the world just to get her to study. but they just assume its his fault. this is total crap.