who we paired with a humana team member to help address his own specific health needs. at humana, we take a personal approach to your health, to provide care that s just as unique as you are. no matter what your name is. growing up on the streets of cleveland, ohio, paris hammond followed his older brother, ramal, into a life of gang banging and drug dealing. we met them inside the cuyahoga county corrections center in
he seemed very serious about creating this cake. and then wanting to share it with others. but for paris, the experience was bittersweet. i don t know if i m going to have a pastry shop when i come home. why? too much time already lost. under the terms of his plea deal, paris would be sentenced to between five and 18 years in prison. the final decision is up to his judge. it s crazy. just everything just going so fast. life is just passing by so fast. i think about it every night. did you know he had dreams of becoming a pastry chef? i know he liked baking. i know he d be high as hell he could go in the kitchen and cook a cake or some cookies or something. so, yeah, i knew he wanted to do something. paris hammond s older brother, ramal, a high-ranking member of the heartless felons gang, remained in lockdown. ramal, like many other heartless felons, joined the gang during his stay in juvenile detention. i hope to be the biggest thing this century.
it was at the cuyahoga county corrections center in cleveland that we met 18-year-old paris hammond. he said he once had dreams of becoming a pastry chef, but instead he followed his older brother ramal, a known shot caller in the jail s largest gang, the heartless felons. we were with paris on the day he was sentenced on two counts of felonious assault for shooting a 15-year-old boy and leaving him paralyzed. his plea deal called for a sentence between five and 18 years in prison. outside the courtroom, the hammond brothers mother, tanya, had just arrived with several of ramal and paris younger siblings. i m here with my children and my nephew and a family friend. i m hoping that the judge will give my son leniency.
it s crazy. just everything just going so fast. life is just passing by so fast. i think about it every night. did you know he had dreams of becoming a pastry chef? i know he liked baking. i know he d be high as hell he could go in the kitchen and cook a cake or some cookies or something. so, yeah, i knew he wanted to do something. paris hammond s older brother, ramal, a high-ranking member of the heartless felons gang, remained in lockdown. ramal, like many other heartless felons, joined the gang during his stay in juvenile detention. i hope to be the biggest thing this century. that s the future i want. i want to be the biggest thing on the streets. i want this stuff to go from ohio to 40 other states. you feel me?
court s criminal docket, this is case 558346, entitled state of ohio versus paris j. hammond. mr. mmond, you put in your form here that you filled out that you were a member of a gang. i was a heartless felon ogys. is that what you told the folks in the jail, that you used to be part of the heartless felons and you don t want any part of them now? yes, your honor. anything else you want to tell the court? i m sorry for what happened. i take full responsibility of my action. i m sorry to him and his family. i m just hoping that i get a second chance. i want to come home and change my life and be able to do right. i ve looked closely at your prior criminal history. now that i know and you admit that you re part of a gang and this is what heartless felons do. and for that reason, you need to be punished, you need to be separated from society.