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Teen beats up his grandmother - because she won't buy him beer (Florida)
Tampa Bay 10 ^ | 1/25/06

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
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To: Billthedrill

He was probably going to get Alaskan Pale from the Alaskan Brewing Company.


21 posted on 01/25/2006 3:29:38 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
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To: nuconvert
It was probably some drug. Most drugs are sold in $100 increments. Given the situation and the violence I would have to say crystal meth or coke.
22 posted on 01/25/2006 3:30:20 PM PST by Anvilhead
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To: Billthedrill

Another shining example of no discipline.

Someone, will one day, stomp his fat hindend into a mud puddle then stomp it dry again, and it will begin to get his attention.


23 posted on 01/25/2006 3:31:21 PM PST by Concho
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To: Horatio Gates

This is clearly a lack of discipline while the kid was younger. If I even attemped any crap like this my pops would have kicked my ass. He was in the marine corps for 37 years and kept my retarded young arse in line long enough for me to get old enough to realize what an idiot I was. I am eternally grateful for the morals and values he instilled in me. This is one of the reason I think we need a mandatory 1 year military term for all males over 18.


24 posted on 01/25/2006 3:32:39 PM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Thinkin' Gal

OK - so please explain that picture - not all of us get it, you know.


25 posted on 01/25/2006 3:32:55 PM PST by jackibutterfly (.)
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To: Concho

Two words - boot camp.


26 posted on 01/25/2006 3:34:22 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Work him over gunny.........


27 posted on 01/25/2006 3:42:29 PM PST by Concho
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To: MARKUSPRIME
He was in the marine corps for 37 years

Except for that part, reading the rest I swear we could be brothers. My pop was from the same mold it appears

28 posted on 01/25/2006 3:45:48 PM PST by Horatio Gates (Optimist sees the donut, pessimist sees only the hole.)
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To: nuconvert

I guess he's a heavy tipper.


29 posted on 01/25/2006 3:50:19 PM PST by Old Seadog (Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
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To: MARKUSPRIME; Concho
Yes, discipline indeed. Along with a loving, nurturing home environment. Quality education, structure, rules, healthy diet and exercise, and a high moral ethic to say the least.
30 posted on 01/25/2006 4:07:51 PM PST by This Just In ("Those are my principles, if you don't like them, I've got others" - Groucho Marx)
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To: iPod Shuffle

"asked her for $100 for beer"

That is one crap load of beer.


31 posted on 01/25/2006 4:15:23 PM PST by MPJackal ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
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To: Billthedrill

Right on.

He should be sent to one of those camps I saw on TV.

The one where parents voluntarily send their children to crawl under the boots of former Marine and Army Drill Instructors for several weeks.

Good stuff.


33 posted on 01/25/2006 4:28:47 PM PST by Emmet Fitzhume ("Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure." President Reagan)
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To: iPod Shuffle

Why does Florida have so many Psychos? must be the humidity you need to cut with a Sword...


34 posted on 01/25/2006 4:34:11 PM PST by laney (*never ride your horse faster than your guardian angel can fly*)
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To: MARKUSPRIME
This is clearly a lack of discipline while the kid was younger.

I agree. On the other hand it takes a particularly vile sort of slug to beat up his own mom or grandma. Even Hitler loved his mommie.

This sort of outrage is happening more, in part, because so few children have intact families with an actual mom and dad. Its hard for a child to grow into a healthy mature adult when there are no healthy mature adults around to use as role model.

There was a time when a boy that hit his grandmother would have been clobbered senseless by multiple family members in quick succession: Dad, grandpa, uncles, older brothers, etc. IMHO it was a time when people had the right idea about a lot of things.

35 posted on 01/25/2006 4:44:58 PM PST by Mad_as_heck (The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
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To: iPod Shuffle

Gene puddle *ping*

Sounds like Kurt is soon going to hear, and not like, the phrase, "You sure have a pretty mouth."


36 posted on 01/25/2006 4:53:59 PM PST by Leisler ("For English, please press two.")
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To: Thinkin' Gal; iPod Shuffle; martin_fierro; Lijahsbubbe; dighton
Teen beats up his grandmother - because she won't buy him beer (Florida)

Nothing can be horrida
Than the State of Florida
-- Edna st Vincent Millay

37 posted on 01/25/2006 5:13:44 PM PST by aculeus
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To: MPJackal

He was probably looking for a keg of something decent.

My Grandma would have bought me the beer.


38 posted on 01/25/2006 5:16:40 PM PST by Callahan
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To: Mad_as_heck

Not to make excuses, but I'm guessing this kid's parents--and Grandmother--aren't up for any citizenship awards. Trash breeds trash.


39 posted on 01/25/2006 5:20:26 PM PST by Callahan
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To: iPod Shuffle
Here in Roanoke, VA about a month or two back some kid (13, I believe) killed his grandmother because she had told him to make the bed or some such thing. His punk-*ss will be going away for a while, but he'll probably be out when he's 21. Sick.
40 posted on 01/25/2006 5:29:58 PM PST by Looking4Truth (It ain't the race, it's the culture!)
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