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Minors Carrying Out Major Crimes (Again)
posted (March 24, 2016)
And another element of this crime is the re-appearance of minors carrying out major crimes. The minor in the Scotland Half Moon robbery is 17 years old. Broaster acknowledged the problems and said that's why he supports the curfew:..

ACP Edward Broaster, O.C, Eastern Rural Division
"One of the reasons that we have analyzed why minors are being utilized to commit crime now is because the more seasoned criminals know that the police have out their patrol. We have effective patrol going, so they know the likelihood of being caught is higher. They set up these young people to go and commit the crime hoping that they escape and get away, but if they don't, they won't be going to the big prison, they'll be going to the Wagner's facility or the youth hostel. I want to join with the commander for south in advising the parents to keep their children close to them and monitoring their children because the gangs are utilizing them to commit these crimes because they can't go and do it themselves."

The minor in this case faces three counts of robbery.

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