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Woman says she was carjacked by kids as young as 10
WREG Memphis ^ | February 10, 2023 | Jordan James

Posted on 02/12/2023 11:59:01 AM PST by grundle

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis woman described one of the scariest moments of her life after she says she was carjacked at gunpoint by a 10-year-old boy and others.

The victim says she was carjacked by four kids who stole her 2012 Infiniti on Pearce Street in North Memphis on the morning of Dec. 10.

“He put the gun between my eyes and told me, ‘look me in my eyes’, with the gun, and told me to get out the car,” she said. “It was scary, but I got sense, baby. I slid out that car like Jello. I told him to be careful,” the woman said.

Weeks later, her vehicle was recovered, and the suspects were arrested. The youngest suspect was 10, she said; a police report described the suspects as juveniles.

But the victim said her joy was short-lived after learning the boy was released from custody.

“You mean to tell me that children can actually go, and carjack people and you release them immediately?” the woman said.

WREG reached out to the Shelby County Juvenile Court judge and a spokesperson told us how long suspects stay behind bars is determined on a case-by-case basis It primarily depends on the statute surrounding the offense.

Meanwhile, as the number of victims impacted by crime increases, the calls for change will continue.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: banglist; children; crime; feral; memphis
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To: hanamizu; grundle

“...the boy was released from custody.”

Of course he was released from custody. He’s a 10-year-old juvenile. Chances are that if he had shot her between the eyes, he’d be released. That’s how juvenile laws work. Each state’s laws are different in this regard but there is an age, below which, a kid is untouchable by the law.

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“But just as Teddy was stooping, something flinched a little in the dust, and a tiny voice said: “Be careful. I am death!” It was Karait, the dusty brown snakeling that lies for choice on the dusty earth; and his bite is as dangerous as the cobra’s. But he is so small that nobody thinks of him, and so he does the more harm to people.”

“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” Rudyard Kipling


21 posted on 02/12/2023 1:10:43 PM PST by thecodont
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To: grundle

The Junior SCORPION Unit of the Memphis Police Department are on the case.


22 posted on 02/12/2023 1:21:07 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: MtnClimber

“Nuke Memphis from outer space and be done with this problem.”

I remember Memphis back in the 60s. They were rioting back then.


23 posted on 02/12/2023 1:36:47 PM PST by dljordan
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To: dljordan

I remember when they used to put problem children on fenced and guarded farms where they learned to work and be nice, and got an education.


24 posted on 02/12/2023 1:48:25 PM PST by WVNan
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In the good ol’ days it was just the Teenz that were the trouble makers. Our headlines will now be “Toddlers Rob Quickee Mart”. Toddlers, the new Teens


25 posted on 02/12/2023 2:03:09 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: grundle

He’ll be in prison for life or dead by the time he’s 25.


26 posted on 02/12/2023 2:12:36 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: WVNan

We had a place in Nashville called Jordonia. Same thing.


27 posted on 02/12/2023 2:13:42 PM PST by dljordan
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To: EEGator; dfwgator; SERKIT

Rules *PING*


28 posted on 02/12/2023 2:44:23 PM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grundle

Children can actually go, and carjack people and you release them immediately?.
It primarily depends on the statute surrounding the offense.

Let me get the phone yes Mr. Soros

Someone is skirting the law
You can make somebody obey beat them or pay the.


29 posted on 02/12/2023 2:51:02 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: hanamizu

Probably need to change the law so that, until the child reaches the age of accountability (however the state defines it), the parents/guardians are responsible to pay the fine and do the time.

Might create more enthusiasm for them to supervise and control what their kids were doing.


30 posted on 02/12/2023 3:25:18 PM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: Captain Rhino

All manual transmissions will help this.


31 posted on 02/12/2023 4:02:15 PM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Colt1851Navy

LoL! Yes, certainly.


32 posted on 02/12/2023 4:08:45 PM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: Freedom4US
It took a very short period of time before they realized they are untouchable as far as the law is concerned.
Among malicious agents in their lives, their schools have taught them that there's no consequence to bad behavior.
33 posted on 02/12/2023 4:11:07 PM PST by nicollo ("I said no!")
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To: nicollo
Can you imagine the outcry if a car jacking victim shot one of these little f***ers?

Calls of self defense would fall on deaf ears.

34 posted on 02/12/2023 4:50:09 PM PST by Taylor42 (How can people be so stupid?)
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To: grundle
The youngest suspect was 10

I'm sure his mama told him, "You just wait until your father gets home!"

35 posted on 02/12/2023 5:27:01 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Freedom4US

Just about 51% of the population is all.


36 posted on 02/12/2023 5:37:01 PM PST by sport
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To: MachIV

37 posted on 02/12/2023 8:56:31 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: grundle

The parents of these kids need to be charged as accessories to their children’s felonies, or a least with gross child neglect.


38 posted on 02/13/2023 8:58:41 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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