Clerk foils iPod robbery by teenager in Fallbrook
A 13-year-old boy tried to rob a Radio Shack store in Fallbrook of three iPods by telling the clerk that he had a gun, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said Saturday.
When the clerk went into the storeroom, telling the youth he was getting the iPods, he instead called the Sheriff's Department. Deputies arrived within three minutes and arrested the teenager, said Lt. Jim Walker.
No gun was found. The youth was booked at Juvenile Hall on suspicion of attempted robbery.
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I guess this means there is one less person my daughter will be competing with to get into an Ivy League school.
Posted by: Mike | January 22, 2011 at 06:13 PM
Dumb criminals! See what they steal from him in jail. Hope he learns.
Posted by: Clark Zapper | January 22, 2011 at 06:26 PM
Haha! This should be a lesson to all you juvinille theives! :P
Posted by: Chuck Hodi | January 22, 2011 at 06:58 PM
A career criminal in the making. Lock him up for life and spare society of future victims.
Posted by: Brainiac | January 22, 2011 at 07:20 PM
Kids off to a very bad start. Hopefully he will turn his life around. He could have been shot dead.
Posted by: Alex P. Gomez | January 23, 2011 at 08:13 AM
@ Brianiac....Life in prison for attempted robbery? Really bro? Does that punishment really fit the crime? Get a clue, AND change your screen name cause it does not fit your character.
This 13 year old needs a good whoop'en, hopefully he will learn before it’s too late!
Posted by: westsidejesse | January 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM