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 ...
FRY the little twit.....and fire the mom!
Sheer genius!
Where's dad?
Is this the guy that claimed to have been acting out "rasslin'" like he saw on TV and the little girl was killed? Seems like a real nice young man. /sarcasm
"A judge adds five more years to Tate's probation ..."
The Judge should have sent back to Jail.
----I remember this case and why that sick bastard was out on the streets, I will never know. This time, maybe they will put his ass in a cage where animals belong.
****If you have the time, please just follow the link and share this Moms' pain.
http://geocities.com/tiffanyeunick/
Yes, He, his mother, and the Judge are all apiece of work...
"...the girl died of skull fractures and a lacerated liver suffered in a beating that lasted one to five minutes."
So who's gun did he use to rob the Pizza guy?
He kills at age 13, and suffers no real consequence. What is the likelyhood he will kill again?
They could take up residence in New Orleans. Somebody has to replace the fake cops and real criminals who left.
Now he is 19 and well on his way to his next murder.
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Where's dad? You don't need a husband or a dad anymore, doncha' know? And mommy's a policeman? Wonder how many physical endurance requirements were overlooked to suit her up.
Yuck - too many typos -
Absent father, eh?
The libs have the answer to that problem - "heros" such as Jesse Jackson - who committed adultery and had a child out of wedlock - and who holds himself out to be an examples of character for the African American community.
They certainly shouldn't look up to the "Uncle Toms" and "Aunt Jemimahs" such as Colin Powell and Condi Rice for inspiration.
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