Posted on 01/25/2006 3:11:11 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
Teen beats up his grandmother - because she won't buy him beer
Bradenton, Florida -- Deputies say a 16-year-old has been arrested for beating his grandmother with a two-by-four for refusing to give him $100 for beer.
Charged is Kurt Cass of Hammock Drive, Bradenton.
Investigators say Cass went into his 60-year-old grandmother's bedroom Thursday and asked her for $100 for beer. When she refused, he allegedly placed a razor blade on her throat and demanded she take him to the bank to get the money, deputies said.
"When the victim arrived back home she locked all of the doors," deputies reported. "The defendant arrived back home and kicked the front door in.
"Once inside the defendant grabbed a two foot 2x4 piece of wood and hit the victim numerous times on the back. The defendant then grabbed a three foot piece of 3 inch PVC pipe and hit the victim on her head, back, and legs numerous times. The defendant's case worker arrived on scene and was able to hold him until law enforcement arrived."
Deputies said Cass has made comments in the past to his grandmother that she should kill his entire family.
Cass was charged with domestic aggravated assault, two counts of domestic aggravated battery, attempted robbery, and kidnapping.
Authorities say Cass came from a troubled family. His mother is in prison on cocaine possession and sale charges, and his father is serving a 15-year prison sentence for manslaughter after choking a prostitute to death in 2002.
The grandmother has had legal guardianship of Cass and his little brother since 1994.
is there something in the water down in Florida?
That kid is fugly...inside and out...
Not much doubt about where he'll be spending a good part of his life. Too bad.
Looks like another one of Teddy's love children.
INDEED!
At his rate he'll be sharing a cell with his Pa soon enough
IMO Just another demonstration of the action of heredity. Look what he came from and add to it a violence prone media, self gratificatory societal norms and a school system that is probably sheer chaos and this is the logical result.
$100 for beer? Couldn't he find a cheaper brand?
Apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Well, he does seem to be right about at least one thing..
I figure $8.00 for the beer, $92.00 for the CRACK.
I hate stories like this where they leave out the important details. WHAT KIND OF BEER DID HE WANT? I hope he wasn't just knocking granny around for Bud Light.
parsy, the insightful.
Someone needs to tell whoever took that mug shot that it's supposed to be of the front side, not the backside. Oh, wait..
I'm thinkin' by lookin' at the boy that he isn't a big microbrew fan, knowwhumsayin'? Do they have Cheapstone in Florida?
An excellent future opportunity for an animated gif showing the aging process through mug shots.
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