15-year-old armed robber gets 7 years

Arizona Daily Star ^ | June 9, 2005 | kim Smith

[SandRat]

Prosecutors say a Tucson boy who robbed restaurants and stores at gunpoint when he was 13 and 14 years old was "a hard-core gangster."

His defense attorney says he was duped by older criminals.

Either way, Tyrone "Little Mad Dog" Wilson, now 15, was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison by a judge who warned him to stop listening to his friends.

Wilson was arrested in March 2004 along with other members of what police described as a violent crew of armed robbers.

According to court documents, between Dec. 1, 2003, and Feb. 2, 2004, members of the gang robbed convenience stores, a hardware store and restaurants at gunpoint.

Wilson, who was transferred into adult court, was indicted in April 2004 on more than 20 counts of kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated robbery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was implicated in 15 robberies.

He pleaded guilty in November----

[SandRat]

Young Gang Hoodlum

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Gee, between homeschooling, piano practice and volunteering down at the local senior center, how did he have time to do all this?

/sarcasm

[LibertarianInExile]

Yep. I'm SO sure he was an innocent dupe. /sarc

Now, instead of being duped by older criminals, he'll be diddled by them. Maybe they'll inject a little fear of the law into him.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

inject

good choice of words...ROTFLMAO

[The Red Zone]

OK, why didn't he get gunned down by some outraged citizen who would not brook getting robbed at gunpoint?

[SandRat]

It happened in Tucson. That's BLUE voter territory.

[LibertarianInExile]

As a punner, I assure you, the word choice was entirely intentional. 8^]

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

He should have gotten 20 years.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I figured so, but either way you had me rolling.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Little Mad Dog before he went astray

[sgtbono2002]

Little Mad Dog is about to become somebody's Little mad Bi*ch.

[Doe Eyes]

Where were his chaperons? This child was way too young to be out on his own.

[SandRat]

They were plying their trade in a side alley somewhere.

[Wiseghy]

Look what we're doing to our poor little children! Someone quick call AI to arrest the Judge, Prosecutor, etc. /sar.

[LibertarianInExile]

Geez, that thing won trophies? For what, most likely to be kicked?

[SamFromLivingston]

20 is not even enough in my opinion. Should have put this thug away for life.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Someone give thtat boy a jar of Vasaline! He's going to need it!

[Americanexpat]

Just checked my crystal ball, their's a slab in the morgue in this boy's future.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

likely to be kicked?

ROTFL - I believe that it has won "ugly" dog contests. That is what I typed in to google to get an ugly dog picture. I was hoping for the mexican kind with a few sprigs of whispy hair near its ears but couldn't find one.

[Charles Henrickson]

Mr. Dog