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Two Illinois boys selling lemonade were robbed at gunpoint. Then their community stepped in to help
KMOV ^
| 8/15/2020
| By Alaa Elassar
Posted on 08/15/2020 6:21:04 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
An Illinois community is rallying behind two 13-year-old boys after their lemonade stand was robbed at gunpoint.
Jude and Tristan were selling lemonade in Peoria on August 7 when they were approached by two men, one who was holding a gun, said Officer Amy Dotson of the Peoria Police Department. CNN is identifying the boys by their first names to protect their privacy.
The men stole their cash box, which contained around $30, and fled on foot. The incident is still under investigation and no arrests have been made, according to police.
"The boys were just shocked, they couldn't process what was happening until it was over," Jude's father, Nathan, told CNN. "I got a call from police saying, ''Hey, your kids are OK, but they just got robbed.' I almost blacked out, I was just so scared I was trying to get there as fast as possible."
But when he arrived at the scene, Nathan found something he didn't expect.
Police officers had surrounded the lemonade stand, buying cups of lemonade and "paying maybe $20 each for it," trying to make the kids feel safe again, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at kmov.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: illinois; lemonade; localnews; peoria; robbery
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Thank you local police and the community for rallying around these boys.
I have a good idea as to the demographics of these thugs who robbed two boys at gunpoint but I'll hold my peace.
To: NohSpinZone
No description of the perps.
I wonder why?
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:24:04 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
To: NohSpinZone
Yes. It might have been quite helpful for KMOV to provide a description of the suspects.
To: NohSpinZone
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:27:19 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
To: JennysCool
Ni description is a perfect description.
To: NohSpinZone
well that’ll make you pucker up.
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:27:39 PM PDT
by
dblshot
(RActually Texas City)
To: JennysCool
*No description is a perfect description.
To: JennysCool
“”””Yes. It might have been quite helpful for KMOV to provide a description of the suspects.”””””
They were “yutes”,Jim.
To: NohSpinZone
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:28:57 PM PDT
by
Reddy
( B.O. stinks)
To: NohSpinZone
How could this happen in the birthplace of Dan Fogelberg?
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:29:06 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: NohSpinZone
Did they get the tag #?
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:30:22 PM PDT
by
dontreadthis
(A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
To: shelterguy
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:31:53 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: NohSpinZone
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:49:33 PM PDT
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
To: dontreadthis
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:51:03 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: NohSpinZone
If they had been shot in the head it would not be covered as per MSM/Facebook/Twitt/youtube directives.
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posted on
08/15/2020 6:56:56 PM PDT
by
A strike
(" Was that wrong? Should I not have done this? " - Costanza)
To: NohSpinZone
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posted on
08/15/2020 7:01:13 PM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: Reddy
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posted on
08/15/2020 7:02:14 PM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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posted on
08/15/2020 7:08:28 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
“No description of the perps.”
Two men.
Yutes.
To: Reddy
"2 bIack guys (reportedly 1 teen) stole money from 2 white kids"
Thug Lives Matter...
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posted on
08/15/2020 7:18:56 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
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