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Boy, 7, Says He Stole SUV To Do "Hood Rat Stuff" (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
WFTV ^ | 4/28/2008 | n/a

Posted on 04/30/2008 8:22:54 AM PDT by Pyro7480

...Latarian Milton is not your typical 7-year-old. Few his age have ever driven an SUV up and down several busy streets. It all started at his mother's townhouse.

Latarian said he took the car keys and hopped into his grandmother's Dodge Durango....

"I took my grandmother's car because I got mad at my mom. And I saw my friend come in and he smoke cigarettes. He started the vehicle and put it into gear. I yanked. I yanked it. I yanked the thing and off they went," Latarian said.

Latarian drove several miles through Lake Park and Palm Beach Gardens.

"We got the one call that I told you about of a driver in the vehicle who looked too short to see over the steering wheel," said Ellen Lovejoy, Palm Beach Gardens Police Department.

Along the way, he ran over two mailboxes, hit two park cars in a Costco parking lot and struck two moving cars near a Wal-Mart.

"I wanted to do it because it's fun, fun to do bad things, to drive into a car," Latarian said. "I wanted to do hood rat stuff with my friend."

It all ended on Investment Lane and Consumer Drive. That's where Latarian hit the curb and sideswiped a sign. The SUV took most of the beating, snapping off one of its axels and wheels.

"I want to whip his behind. That's what I want to do right now. If I thought they wouldn't take me to jail, I'd whip his behind right now," Stratford said.

Latarian was charged with grand theft auto, but investigators said he probably won't be prosecuted.

(Excerpt) Read more at wftv.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: damage; florida; gangs; hoodratwannabe; minithug; suv; theft
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The video is set to become a YouTube hit: Seven-year-old goes on joyride
1 posted on 04/30/2008 8:22:54 AM PDT by Pyro7480
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To: Pyro7480

Latarian?


2 posted on 04/30/2008 8:24:08 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Pyro7480

My dad has him beat he started a car rolled down a hill and I think he trashed a few things on the way when he was three.


3 posted on 04/30/2008 8:24:27 AM PDT by utherdoul
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To: Puppage
"I wanted to do it because it's fun, fun to do bad things, to drive into a car," Latarian said. "I wanted to do hood rat stuff with my friend."

Florida Sate Correctional resident, 2018.

4 posted on 04/30/2008 8:25:18 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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"I wanted to do it because it's fun, fun to do bad things"

Ah, the joy of a community without fathers.

5 posted on 04/30/2008 8:25:27 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: Pyro7480
"He was a quiet boy. It seemed like he was getting his life in order. We're all so shocked by this." -- Wait, I think you have to be 17 or 18 before those cliches get used.

Maybe we can fall back on "Kids do the darndest things!"

6 posted on 04/30/2008 8:26:29 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Pyro7480

He’s just different. Like a snowflake.


7 posted on 04/30/2008 8:27:22 AM PDT by OB1kNOb ("We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election." - Ahmed Yousef, Hamas PM advisor)
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To: Pyro7480

What is this world coming to and where are the parents????


8 posted on 04/30/2008 8:28:04 AM PDT by Poetgal26 (God bless the US Military and our vets! (RIP Sgt Matthew Maupin))
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To: wideawake

Someone’s doing some effective modeling for this model citizen to be.


9 posted on 04/30/2008 8:28:18 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Poetgal26

His mother’s baby-daddy isn’t allowed to be a “parent” because Uncle Sugar would take away the free money.


10 posted on 04/30/2008 8:29:24 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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Florida Sate Correctional resident, 2018.

And a stint or two in juvie before that.

11 posted on 04/30/2008 8:29:55 AM PDT by freespirited (America's chickens vote Democrat.)
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To: Pyro7480

You blame it all on the right side of the brain.


12 posted on 04/30/2008 8:30:04 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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IF he doesn’t pass away due to excessive lead poisoning in multiple .45 caliber doses before then..


13 posted on 04/30/2008 8:30:09 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (www.liberallunacy.bravehost.com..I'm a Patriot Guard Rider. www.patriotguard.org for info.)
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Read more at wftv.com

Isn't that supposed to be "wtftv.com"?

14 posted on 04/30/2008 8:30:29 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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>The video is set to become a YouTube hit

"Grand Theft Auto" hailed as "masterpiece"

15 posted on 04/30/2008 8:30:29 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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He needs a hickory switch to the behind!


16 posted on 04/30/2008 8:30:32 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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What a shame on this culture.


17 posted on 04/30/2008 8:32:23 AM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: Constitution Day

Liberals would call that “child abuse”.

Prov 22:15: “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.”

has become
“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but a timeout shall drive it far from him.”


18 posted on 04/30/2008 8:32:26 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Pyro7480; Tijeras_Slim
I yanked. I yanked it. I yanked the thing and off they went,"

This could be taken out of context.

19 posted on 04/30/2008 8:32:43 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: Pyro7480
"Grand Theft Auto - VII"
20 posted on 04/30/2008 8:33:06 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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