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Boy released from prison may be returned
Associated Press..CNN ^ | December 4, 2005 | AP

Posted on 12/04/2005 9:35:58 PM PST by george76

Lionel Tate became the youngest person sentenced to life in prison in modern U.S. history when he was convicted at the age of 13 of murdering (6-year-old Tiffany Eunick), but he got out on probation after his first conviction was thrown out.

Now, despite that fresh start, he could be going back behind bars for....robbing a delivery man at gunpoint of four pizzas worth $33.60.

His mother, Florida Highway Patrol trooper Kathleen Grossett-Tate, insisted that he stay with her.

He was arrested in September 2004 when police found him outside at 2 a.m. carrying a knife with a 4-inch blade.

...Tate stole one of his mother's guns in March.

In a statement to police in June, Grossett-Tate said she didn't report the incident because Tate and the other teen gave conflicting stories...

Police later found that her three handguns were taken from a closet in her room. Only two have been recovered...

On May 23, Tate...called Domino's Pizza...

The friend later told police that Tate, armed with a revolver, hid behind the door when deliveryman Walter Gallardo arrived with the order.

When Gallardo spotted the gun, he dropped the pizzas and ran, and called police.

Gallardo, 44, positively identified Tate as the assailant and Tate's fingerprints were found on the pizza boxes.

Investigators also discovered that Tate had exchanged cell phone text messages with another friend earlier that day asking if the friend wanted to "bust that lick" -- a street term for robbery.

The friend replied that they should do it at night, and the response from Tate's phone read: "It's better to do it in the daytime when nobody's home and I got my fire," which prosecutors say is a reference to a gun.

Police say they believe the two planned to rob drug dealers.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; bustthatlick; gotmyfire; lioneltate; murder; noi; robbery; robdrugdealers; scotus; tate; youngestperson
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To: laweeks
You don't need a husband or a dad anymore, doncha' know?

That's right - the libs and fems tell us that "dad" is obsolete. The purpose of marriage is only so gays can get access to health insurance and government programs.

And this shows us how well their whole scheme works.

21 posted on 12/04/2005 10:20:28 PM PST by Fido969 ("And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32).)
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To: george76
The Judge should have sent back to Jail.

Concur . . . . AND added the extra 5 years to his sentence to boot!
22 posted on 12/04/2005 11:02:11 PM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: Fido969

"Where's dad?"

IT TAKES A VILLAGE

by Hillary Rodham Clinton

That be the answer from the leading Democrat in America today


23 posted on 12/04/2005 11:10:01 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: george76

Oh the compassion!


24 posted on 12/04/2005 11:40:53 PM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: george76

Give him a cell so deep in the prison that they have to pump air into him. Let it serve as his last residence before he sheds this Mortal Coil.


25 posted on 12/04/2005 11:55:42 PM PST by thegreatbeast (Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
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To: All

Certain people with defective genes should not be allowed to breed.


26 posted on 12/05/2005 1:12:50 AM PST by Bazooka (Just say what you think. They hate our guts anyway.)
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To: thegreatbeast

...and while in that cell, no Domino's.


27 posted on 12/05/2005 1:56:03 AM PST by battlegearboat
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To: george76

Are they waiting for another homicide? There is such a thing as a bad seed and this is living proof.


28 posted on 12/05/2005 2:03:02 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; Chieftain

A new " Tookie" in the making. A couple more murders, a few poems and he'll get a Pulitzer and a Pardon.


29 posted on 12/05/2005 2:54:25 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (If Iran has nukes, to hell with my diet!)
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To: Fido969

Fido, I'm sure you are aware of the extreme high rate of fatherless families within the black community.
But I'd better watch out or be sent to time out for racist statements.


30 posted on 12/05/2005 3:41:35 AM PST by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: george76
As I remember, Lionel Tate's mom was supposed to be babysitting her best friend's daughter. Tate was the Godmother of this little girl. While Officer Tate was upstairs sleeping, Lionel beats the little girl to death.

Although he was 12 years old at the time, he was tall & close to 200 pounds! Shortly after his arrest, the WWF inspired wrestling defense began (brilliant idea from the warped mind of a defense attorney.) Note that the little girl would have been zero fun for any physical contact sport since she was 5-6yrs. old and a mere 45 pounds.

Needless to say, the case received international attention coupled with the Jezze Jackson entourage. They bathed the boy in attention and poor Lionel became the 'youngest victim' of draconian USA & Florida courts.

At this point, Lionel requires lockup and the mother, Officer Tate, needs to be reexamined. Was she really at the apartment and sleeping midday when her godchild was killed? Why are her guns left unlocked where her out-of-control son can have access to them? Which thugs did he sell her guns to and who will be robbed or killed as a result of her carelessness?

He is a poster child for incarceration and she needs to be kicked out of law enforcement and then prosecuted for gross negligence.

31 posted on 12/05/2005 5:11:39 AM PST by OrangeBlossomSpecial (The RATS followed the lazy tune of the pied-piper's flute and were never seen again.)
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To: george76
Nation of Islam thinks very highly of Lionel Tate. NOI's most recent article must be template for the Tookie Williams case.

Feb 11, 2004: "Our plan is to make Lionel the most successful brother that we’ve produced and we have put a talented team of ministers, counselors and mentors in place to steer him in that direction. This method works best with high risk juvenile offenders and we include strong men to surround him," said Mr. Davis

32 posted on 12/05/2005 5:54:26 AM PST by Alia
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To: OrangeBlossomSpecial
Junior got away with it once, I'm sure he figures he'll get a pass again.

Un-friggin-believable - wrestling?? The punk is a menace.

33 posted on 12/05/2005 5:58:43 AM PST by xsrdx (Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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To: xsrdx

i can not believe she did not report one of her "registered" guns was missing.

She is an accomplice and deserves more then to be fired.

I can't believe he was allowed to live in a home with guns.

Wasn't JEB in on his conviction being overturned???????


34 posted on 12/05/2005 6:05:31 AM PST by alisasny (BYE B YE TOOKIE)
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To: alisasny

Wasn't JEB in on his conviction being overturned???????

The conviction was overturned in appellate court.

35 posted on 12/05/2005 7:35:57 AM PST by elli1
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To: Fido969

Dad probably on death row somewhere.


36 posted on 12/05/2005 7:44:09 AM PST by F.J. Mitchell (Okay, bring our troops home. But don't feign suprise when the terrorists tag along.)
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To: truth_seeker

LOL! The whole village may have had input, but only one will have DNA that matches this kids.


37 posted on 12/05/2005 7:47:39 AM PST by F.J. Mitchell (Okay, bring our troops home. But don't feign suprise when the terrorists tag along.)
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To: Bazooka
Certain people with defective genes should not be allowed to breed.

And who gets to decide what is 'defective genes? The federal government? Hasn't this been tried but Nazis or Communists at some point? This criminal has no defective genes that a good hanging would not fix.
38 posted on 12/05/2005 9:17:36 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: Joe Boucher


Well, with examples such as Jesse Jackson and the rest of the thug-rap crowd - how are African-American boys supposed to learn to be responsible fathers?


39 posted on 12/05/2005 3:59:16 PM PST by Fido969 ("And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32).)
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To: Fido969

Jesse Jackson should be shown up as the fraud he is to and by blacks and whites everywhere.
How about showing positive role models as fathers who aspire to raise families? Instead of as thug murderers? Accentuate Shaq the father adn role model even more then his b.b. qualities.
Glorify responsible behavior and demand responsibility.


40 posted on 12/07/2005 3:55:16 PM PST by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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