Nightmare in Maryville: Teens’ sexual encounter ignites a firestorm against family
There wasn’t much left by the time she arrived, just a burnt-out structure and the haze of smoke that lingered around it.
The siding and gutters had melted. The roof was gone. Inside, piles of ash filled the rooms that had once bustled with the pleasant sounds of a family.
That morning last April when Melinda Coleman received word that emergency vehicles were gathering around her Maryville house, she had hoped for the best.
But if the events of the past year and a half had taught her anything, it was that when the town of Maryville was involved, that seemed unlikely.
Since the morning her daughter had been left nearly unconscious in the frost of the home’s front lawn, this northwest Missouri community had come to mean little besides heartache.
Few dispute the basic facts of what happened in the early morning hours of Jan. 8, 2012: A high school senior had sex with Coleman’s 14-year-old daughter, another boy did the same with her daughter’s 13-year-old friend, and a third student video-recorded one of the bedding scenes. Interviews and evidence initially supported the felony and misdemeanor charges that followed.
Yet, two months later, the Nodaway County prosecutor dropped the felony cases against the youths, one the grandson of a longtime area political figure.
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For sexual assault. Because she's busy protecting the good old boys.
If a victim acts like a typical victim, she(yes, she's an elected District Attorney) won't bring it before a grand jury.
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mt_mtenforcement.shtm
Scroll down to "John Phillips, Massage Therapist, MT002614"
He voluntarily surrendered his license but that just means he can still sexually assault women, he just can't charge them money for it and call it a "massage".
I'm horrified and at the same time not surprised. 
The family must have some recourse to get justice
Never mind criticizing me about this cuz I live in one of those towns. I hear all the gossip and the girls seem to be always more at fault than the boys.
It wouldn't hurt my feelings if some of the men on campus smacked him around a little. Those poor girls, and their families. I'm thankful they weren't home when the fire happened. And lovely that the mother was fired from her job. 
at many of them. "He looks like a thumb. A giant rapey thumb". 
Matthew Barnett worked here as a waiter. However is it true his family owns the restaurant?
I hope most reading these comments who are not aware of the situation get the gist of it. The family that owns this establishment kept their star athlete kid from facing justice after raping a fourteen year old girl.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/a-g-restaurant-
and this story hit a nerve.