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Sep 17, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger

Theft suspect's mom pays back victim, but suspect charged anyway...

Full story: The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

A Lakeville man faces charges he swiped $400 from a 71-year-old woman's hands at a Rainbow Foods automated teller machine in Eagan , a wrong made right when his own mother stepped in to pay the woman back.

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myea

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Wrong made right? Wright made wrong. Just because his mother paid back the money doesn't excuse what he done. He would have been required to pay it back in restitution anyway. He needs to be held accountable for the crime he committed.

dpe

Saint Paul, MN

um.... he did do the crime... time for mom's lil boy to do the time!!!

NoDOoubt

Osseo, MN

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It's not like he is a Metro Strike Gang Force policeman and broke the law, of course he is going to be punished.

AYFKM

Saint Paul, MN

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What a stupid headline...

grama who cares

Saint Paul, MN

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Good going mom.. Did he learn anything? NOT... You bailed him out. Let him do it himself next time, because there will be a next time. Wake up.

anywho

Saint Paul, MN

really mom?? stop and think dipsh!t... you just made it worse for him... Tough love baby, tough love.

his own mom

Minneapolis, MN

are you implying that we would have otherwise thought that someone else's mom paid? please... it was a nice gesture but it's time for sonny boy to take responsibility for his own actions.
did the lawyer for the thief sanction that payment? cause by paying it back, they have just admitted guilt.

Sarah D

Saint Paul, MN

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What idiot wrote this story? Of course the guy was charged anyway. He committed a crime! And HE wasn't the one who paid the money back.

Personally if I had a son who did that to someone I'd be darned if I would pay the money back. I'd tell my son, you did the crime now you do the time.

JabbatheHun

Minneapolis, MN

crimes of the stupid

lobster

Colorado Springs, CO

I don't get the headline. Why wouldn't the creep be charged? Paying back is the right thing to do, but so is being a man and dealing with the punishment.

Ryan

Minneapolis, MN

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For christ's sake this guy was in his 20's and momma is still trying to bail him out? Unbelievable.

Wheelchair Charley

Inver Grove Heights, MN

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I'm sure the 71 year old woman wasn't traumatized by someone grabbing $400 from her hands. It probably just reinforced her trust in others and will make her even more willing to go out in public. The poor boy is the victim, because society doesn't accept him for what he is...a person who victimizes the vunerable and expect his mother to bail him out.

sock

“Da moon rulz #1!”

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Oh come on! He's a kid. Yes, he needs to be punished, but lets not saddle him with a felony for the rest of his life. Picking up trash along the highway, or helping elderly people seems more appropriate

stpaul

Saint Paul, MN

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sock wrote:

Oh come on! He's a kid. Yes, he needs to be punished, but lets not saddle him with a felony for the rest of his life. Picking up trash along the highway, or helping elderly people seems more appropriate

Are you effing kidding me? "He's a kid"?!?! he's 24 years old, whose mommy has been coddling him his whole adult life i'm sure....how do you think he turned out to be the way he is now? he robbed a senior citizen of her money. F him, slap him with both felonies and let him face the music, thats what he gets. I hope this is a wake up call to mom.
good luck....

Mike

Maple Plain, MN

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24 years old is not a kid. The man should be saddled with a felony record because that is what he is. He did, the victim id'ed him, the video tape shows him doing it, he's a felon. Saddle the SOB with the felony record and maybe the pr&ck will grow up.

Sorry but he's a worthless pile of sh&t and needs to be locked up.

sock

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stpaul wrote:

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Are you effing kidding me? "He's a kid"?!?! he's 24 years old, whose mommy has been coddling him his whole adult life i'm sure....how do you think he turned out to be the way he is now? he robbed a senior citizen of her money. F him, slap him with both felonies and let him face the music, thats what he gets. I hope this is a wake up call to mom.
good luck....

I'm not saying don't punish him, just that a felony seems harsh for a young first time offender. Sure, give him jail, community service and such, but a felony isn't going to help anyone here... I think he will get the message with a gross mis. And yes he is a kid. Men don't show up with mommy

badgerone

Saint Paul, MN

Mommies going to have a little trouble changing her baby boys' diaper when he gets to Jail.

stpaul

Saint Paul, MN

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sock wrote:

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I'm not saying don't punish him, just that a felony seems harsh for a young first time offender. Sure, give him jail, community service and such, but a felony isn't going to help anyone here... I think he will get the message with a gross mis. And yes he is a kid. Men don't show up with mommy

If you think this is his first felony you're nutz, he got cuaght commiting a felony, he is now a felon, and should be treated as such. What if the victim was your mother or grandmother?....

sock

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stpaul wrote:

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If you think this is his first felony you're nutz, he got cuaght commiting a felony, he is now a felon, and should be treated as such. What if the victim was your mother or grandmother?....

It may be true that he's done it before, but sans evidence the courts shouldn't speculate. It just strikes me as harsh to be charged with a felony for a non-violent crime involving only $400. And to face 10 years for this? Rapists get less time.

oxboro

Since: Sep 08

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Lakeville, MN

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maybe Denny Heckers mother will step forward and pay back all the people he robbed from

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