Kill my Mom, but don't hurt the TV.. (Family values in Ft. Myers)

[SoCalDem]

Police: Teen Hired Undercover Officer To Kill Mother
http://www.wftv.com/news/3007270/detail.html
POSTED: 6:35 am EDT April 15, 2004
UPDATED: 8:08 am EDT April 15, 2004

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A 17-year-old boy was arrested on charges he hired an undercover police officer to kill his mother.
Police say Carlos Marcelo Chereza made a $2,000 deal with the officer to stage a burglary at their home and shoot 50-year-old Dreama Chereza while Carlos was locked in another bedroom.

Chereza gave the detective a key to the apartment, a drawing of its layout and a photograph of Dreama, but he also gave specific instructions "that he didn't want anything to happen to the television," according to police reports.

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Dreama Chereza said Wednesday that her son "is a good young man" who was upset by a recent fire and other problems."He's been through a lot of trauma," she said. "He just snapped."

[neoteric lefty]

1. "snapped"?!?!

that had to be one hell of a fire for the boy to "snap" and plan a murder-for-hire plot while still in high school.