Police Say Girl, 10, Tried To Rob Store

[Mugu]

Reported By Dennis Ferrier, WSMV

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Police in Franklin said a 10-year-old girl tried to rob a Mapco Express late Monday night.

The clerk said the main reason he called police was that he was worried about the girl being out so late and trying to rob a store.

He said he wasn’t sure what the girl wanted until she threw a rock that struck him in the chest. The rock was all she was armed with. The clerk said he was so stunned that the girl had to ask the clerk three times for the money.

"At that time, the clerk said, 'You need to leave the store,' and came around the counter toward the front of the store. At that time, the child ran out," said Franklin Police Detective David Dixon.


Complete article at:
http://www.wsmv.com/news/15716641/detail.html

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1. how desperate can the family be for a 10 yo to try anything to get some $$ n/t

[Mugu]

2. At the bottom of the article it states

that the child had run away from home that night and that it appeared "the child has a stable home life and was well taken care of".

Regards, Mugu

[Dervill Crow]

3. Kids do inexplicable things.

Speaking as an ex-10-year-old and the parent of four ex-10-year-olds, judgment and impulse control in a child are a long way from fully developed. It's a wonderful and miraculous testament to good luck that so many of us come through it without doing anything as boneheaded as the little girl in this story.

That's just my opinion, of course. People with perfect kids or no kids probably strongly disagree.

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