From Child Star To Criminal
()
About this ebook
The Disney Corporation Mission Statement aims for the organisation 'to be one of the world's leading producers and providers of entertainment and information.' Adam Hicks certainly contributed to that as an actor and artist. But, it appears that a moment of madness turned him from skateboarding star to emotionless robber. In those moments, any entertainment was warped and his alleged actions terrifying. Now he awaits trial, his reputation as a burgeoning success savaged by one day of recklessness.His alleged crimes, including holding elderly women at gunpoint, appear inexplicable. This was a young man who seemingly had everything; a stable relationship, wealth, fame and the choice of making a career in acting, in music or in a combination of both. Instead, he runs the risk of spending the vast majority of his remaining life behind bars.
Read more from Larry Maravich
The Unsolved Murder of Sister Cathy & Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Death of a Santa Muerte Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Lisa Shuler & Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeadly Housewife Joyce Cohen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of April Pitzer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to From Child Star To Criminal
Related ebooks
The Murder of Jeanne Clery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Murder of Adrianne Reynolds & Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKiller Doctor : The True Story of Kathleen Hagen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKelly O'Donnell The Killer Stripper A Collection of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmber Kirwan: Pictou County's Angel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Alligator Man : The True Story of Joe Ball An Anthology of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of Juanita Nielsen A Collection of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of Kemberly Ramer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of Danielle Imbo Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGwenda Sloane : The Strangest Killer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurder of JoAnn Dewey in Vancouver, Washington, The Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of Marsha Brantley Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Women Attack An Anthology of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTashia Stuart & Other Stories A Collection of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Murder of Beverly Jarosz Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Bradley Robert Edwards, Serial Killer An Anthology of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of the Clinton Avenue Five Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSandra Bridewell The Black Widow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSusan Smalley & Stacie Madison : Missing Girls Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of Bianca Carrasco : An Anthology of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCon Women An anthology of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Imperfect Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJolly Thomas, Serial Killer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of Morgan Nick Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWilliam Pierce, A Killer On The Loose A Collection of True Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHarvey Carignan, Serial Killer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of Carmen Bueno Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Eye Drop Killer : Lana Sue Clayton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Disappearance of Elizabeth Smart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Abductions & Kidnapping For You
Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Behind Closed Doors: Four children by her father. Thirty years of horrific sexual abuse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girl With No Name Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Against Their Will: Sadistic Kidnappers and the Courageous Stories of Their Innocent Victims Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man with Candy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Killer Book of True Crime: Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Murder and Mayhem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tears of Rage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Little Lost Angel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Catch the Sparrow: A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Is Got Him: The Kidnapping that Changed America Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Darker than Night: The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide—and an 18-Year-Long Quest for Justice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden Demons: Evil Visits A Small New England Town Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ending Human Trafficking : What Everyone Should Know Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Reviews for From Child Star To Criminal
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
From Child Star To Criminal - Larry Maravich
FROM CHILD STAR TO CRIMINAL
––––––––
Larry Maravich
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FROM CHILD STAR TO CRIMINAL
CYNTHIA COFFMAN
ROSEMARY WEST
A Moment of Madness – Child Star to Armed Robber?
The Disney Corporation Mission Statement aims for the organisation ‘to be one of the world's leading producers and providers of entertainment and information.’ Adam Hicks certainly contributed to that as an actor and artist. But, it appears that a moment of madness turned him from skateboarding star to emotionless robber. In those moments, any entertainment was warped and his alleged actions terrifying. Now he awaits trial, his reputation as a burgeoning success savaged by one day of recklessness.
His alleged crimes, including holding elderly women at gunpoint, appear inexplicable. This was a young man who seemingly had everything; a stable relationship, wealth, fame and the choice of making a career in acting, in music or in a combination of both. Instead, he runs the risk of spending the vast majority of his remaining life behind bars.
Hicks was born into a comfortable home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the eldest child, born on the 28th of November 1992. He would gain a sibling, Tristan, five years later. His father Ron and mother Lucy were keen from the outset to support their eldest as he showed interest in acting and performing. In a house full of animals – cats and dogs were much loved pets - he passed through his early years and started school.
Young Adam was keen to show off his theatrical skills there and was soon cast in a production of Tom Sawyer. In the audience was a local talent scout who was impressed by the quality of the boy’s acting, his freckle faced innocent looks and his commitment. With the support of his parents, Adam began to perform in and around Las Vegas. He was only seven when his talents reached the ears of the makers of Titus, an offbeat dark comedy show broadcast on Fox. They were looking for somebody to become the five-year-old version of Titus’ half-brother, Dave, played by Zach Ward. He had distinctive looks, with sharp ginger hair. Young Adam was ideal and demonstrated a maturity and physical talent for the part. The comedy was cutting edge, following an unusual sit-com format which began with the adult Titus (stand-up comedian Christopher Titus) delivering a monologue in a black and white, cell like room. During this element, flash backs to his childhood would be shown, and these often featured the five-year-old Titus and his half-brother. The role was small, but a good starting point for a young actor with big ambitions. It also provided regular work and commitment, with the character appearing in eighteen episodes between 2000 and 2002. The show ended when Adam was ten.
When young Adam left the series, bits and pieces of work followed. He won a small role in the TV series ‘That Was Then’, with his character listed as ‘Boy in Classroom’. Another minor part followed in The Funhousers, a TV movie. Then, aged twelve, he got a bigger break, playing the son of the lead in Down and Derby, a low budget TV movie about a group of over competitive dads participating in a local derby. Again, it was a strong performance by young Adam, perhaps the strongest in the film among the juvenile cast. He was subsequently cast in a major role in another low budget made for children film, The 12 Dogs of Christmas. Next keeping the canine theme, he won a significant part in the film Shaggy Dog, which starred Tim Allen and Kristin Davis. He was heading upwards in the world of made for TV films.
But Adam’s reputation would be secured in his following film, where he played the leading role of the bully, Joe, in How to Eat Fried Worms. This film showed to a much wider audience, and although critics’ reviews were mixed, it was at least big enough to earn such reviews. It also won Adam, along with his fellow young actors, the prize of Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film.
By now Adam was fourteen, and moderately well known. He was developing his interests, rapping, writing songs, playing the drums and also skateboarding. His next work was in 2008 when he played a biggish role in an adaptation of the works of RL Stine, Mostly Ghostly. Entering his older teens Hicks got his biggest break. In 2009 the sixteen-year-old was cast as joint lead in the Disney series Zeke and Luther. He played the role of Luther. The series, which ran for three years and seventy-seven episodes followed the skateboarding exploits of the two eponymous teens. It proved to be one of the Disney Channel’s biggest successes, winning one and being nominated for a further eight awards, although