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Some Parents Get Charged For Their Kids’ Violence. Karmelo Anthony’s Got More Than $445K
Jordan Boyd
April 16, 2025

There once was a time when bringing a deadly weapon to a school-sanctioned event would get a kid and maybe even his parents charged and convicted for failing to prevent or stop such recklessness. The parents of 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, who brought a knife to a multi-school track meet in Frisco, Texas, and allegedly used it to fatally stab another student, however, aren’t on the hook for his actions. Far from it. Instead, Anthony’s family successfully fundraised hundreds of thousands of dollars off of his alleged crime and the claim that “the narrative being spread is false, unjust, and harmful.” READ MORE