Consider if the home owner simply detained the three perps until law enforcement arrived. The three punks would have been back on the street in days if not hours. For kids of this age committing felonies there are no real consequences. Perhaps what is needed is a juvie prison complete with locked cells, no TV and mandatory schooling. Failing grades means more time in lock up. Maybe if those punks were looking at years in juvie prison there might be some deterren.
let’s just hope it was a learning experience for all parties involved... prolly not