Teens Arrested Over “Gangster Grandma”

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M30o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr Teens Arrested Over “Gangster Grandma”
Published: Wed, April 23, 2008 - 1:03 pm
Last Updated: Wed, April 23, 2008 - 1:09 pm
A Palm Beach County, Florida teenager found himself in court - instead of in school, after police arrested him for abusing his grandmother.

Sheriff investigators say 18-year-old Michael Alfinez manipulated his 85-year-old senile grandma into wearing a black mask, spewing profanities and brandishing a gun and money on video. The teen is charged with elder abuse, discharging a firearm in public and improper exhibition of a dangerous weapon.

Deputies say Alfinez made the video for display on websites and a D-V-D video called "Gangstas N Thugs."

The 85-year-old woman is seen and heard on the video threatening to shoot ``all the pigs,'' referring to police.

Authorities say Alfinez also appears on the video firing a gun from a moving vehicle and with friends vandalizing Christmas displays in neighborhood yards.

Palm Beach County sheriff's detectives seized the video during a traffic stop in January. Court records do not list an attorney for Alfinez.

The teen made a first appearance in a West Palm Beach courtroom yesterday.

Alfinez's mother and father, Michelle and Raymond, were also in the courtroom.
His mother, Michelle, calls the incident a misunderstanding.

...and once again, society continues to sink lower into the slime. What is the ridiculous fascination with guns among kids today?

Posted by Razorsharp on 04/23/08 - 6:06 pm • Report Abuse.   

again, You really thought the parents would would do the right thing, NO, their kid does no wrong, they are not even upset.  My father was right its hard for a kid to be better than the enviroment they grow up in, when the parents are not the parents!

Posted by earthlink4@earthlink.net on 04/23/08 - 6:00 pm • Report Abuse.   


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