The juveniles, ages 11, 12 and 16, were caught on camera robbing a Wells Fargo bank March 14, the FBI said.
Three boys dubbed the “little rascals” for allegedly robbing a Texas bank were behind bars Thursday, the FBI said.
The juveniles, ages 11, 12 and 16, have each been charged with robbery by threat, a spokesperson for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Houston said in an email.
“Because they are juveniles, their names, and no additional details will be released,” the spokesperson said.
With the name “Little Rascals,” I have this picture in my mind of a judge wagging his finger and then saying “Oh… I just can’t stay mad at you three. You can go.”
Probably why their parents put them up to it,
The parents of two of the boys identified them after the FBI released the photo and called the agency
“Boys will be boys your honor. So they knocked over a bank. Its Wells Fargo, they got the money. Don’t ruin their future by making them guilty of a felony…”
It’s Wells Fargo, they got the money. Don’t ruin their future
This, but unironically. Fuck Wells Fargo and fuck trying children in criminal courts.
??!!??What??!!?
I give two shits about Wells Fargo. So my issue is with your position of not trying children in criminal courts. What should societies do about children running amok and doing whatever they want? What do you think we should do to educate them about the repercussions of committing crimes?
Therapy and several different pedagogical approaches exist.
Imprisoning* children does not have a positive effect in the vast majority of cases.
To take them away from their peers, take away their freedom and abuse them does NOT teach them how to behave better.
It only compounds whatever trauma and bad decisions led them to act out in the first place, much more frequently leading to a negative spiral where they’re deprived of any effective means of bettering themselves, then when they almost inevitably re-offend, they’re punished by the same deprivation if not worse.
*juvenile detention being the likely outcome of any criminal proceedings here
This is Texas and it was stealing from the rich those kids are gonna die.
Probably not, but yeah, they’d do it if they could get away with it. Fucking Texas 😮💨
