Wiley teen set free, mom gets custody
After being hit on the head with a hammer wielded by his son, Dr. Gregory Wiley will now be paying through the nose as the court not only released his attacker from custody but also directed the doctor to pay child support and his legal expenses.
The court findings regarding Brandon Wiley, 15, who was recently found guilty of delinquency to the act of aggravated assault for the attack of his father, Dr. Gregory Wiley, were announced Monday by Special Judge Donna Scott. His older brother, G.W. Wiley, 18, was freed last month after the court found him not guilty of conspiring with his brother to attack their father.
Brandon Wiley joins his brother in freedom, released on probation by the court into the custody of his mother. The boys were originally taken into custody a short time after the Dec. 13 incident at the family’s Francis Ferry Road home. Dr. Wiley sustained a skull fracture from two blows landed to his head by the hammer wielded by his younger son.
Prosecutors maintained the teens had planned the attack while the Wiley teens maintained Brandon’s attack came after their father pushed the elder brother down a flight of stairs.
The court ruling Monday came after Dr. Wiley earlier drew the judge’s ire by leaving court early after testifying during a disposition hearing. He was also not present during the final hearing Monday.
As terms of the release, Brandon Wiley will remain under probation but be released to the custody of his mother, joining his older brother who is also living with his mother in Nashville. Wiley will observe a curfew and will be required to live under household rules during his probation and perform public service work.
Meanwhile, Dr. Wiley must pay child support in the amount of over $4,500 monthly to help support his son and must pay his insurance. He must also pay for more than $14,000 in housing bills incurred by his sons while they were held in juvenile custody.
For prosecutors, the announcement came as no surprise after they were frustrated by Dr. Wiley’s apparent change in attitude during the case.
“We have no problems with the outcome given the fact we had a victim who waffled from wanting them put away to wanting them let loose,” said District Attorney General Dale Potter.