Police Hunting for Boy as Young as 10 Suspected of Committing Multiple Armed Crimes
In a disconcerting trend in Philadelphia, the police department is investigating a series of armed carjackings involving two suspects—a 17-year-old male and another boy estimated to be between 10 and 12 years old. This alarming pattern of car thefts occurred from August 16 to August 22, primarily during nighttime hours, where victims were approached on foot and threatened at gunpoint. Among the victims were three men and a 74-year-old woman, who was pushed to the ground during her robbery.
The suspects demonstrated increasing boldness and violence, stealing additional vehicles even after crashing the second one. This situation raises troubling questions about youth involvement in serious crimes and recalls historical efforts by reformers to protect children from adult vices. Today’s societal issues, such as potential fatherlessness and unhealthy adult influences, may contribute to such behavior in kids. The article expresses hope that law enforcement can intervene before further harm ensues, emphasizing the need for better support systems for young people.
In this deranged modern society, children sometimes face appalling obstacles.
On Monday, the Philadelphia Police Department in Pennsylvania announced an investigation into four recent armed carjacking incidents.
Tragically, the PPD identified the two suspects as a 17-year-old black male and another black male aged 10-12.
The four carjacking incidents occurred between Aug. 16 and Aug. 22. Each incident took place under cover of darkness, either at night or very early in the morning.
In each case, the suspects approached on foot and stole the vehicles at gunpoint.
Victims included three men and a 74-year-old woman.
In the case of the three male victims, the suspects reportedly used a handgun to steal the vehicles.
When robbing the 74-year-old woman, however, the suspects allegedly pushed the victim to the ground and took her keys and wallet along with her vehicle. They did this while toting a handgun.
Furthermore, three days after stealing their second vehicle, the suspects got into an accident involving that vehicle. Then, they immediately stole the third vehicle.
In other words, they seem to have grown more brazen and violent with each successive theft.
You can watch one of the carjackings below:
Thus, the PPD investigation involves both the Central Detective Division and the Major Crimes Carjacking Task Force.
One shudders, of course, at the idea that a child as young as 10 could have any involvement in such crimes.
To those whose thoughts tend in a historical direction, such incidents might call to mind the great reformers of the 19th century who fought tirelessly to keep children out of factories or any other setting in which the depravity of the adult world forced them to grow up too quickly.
Many of those reformers were Christians. Thus, they expected the hitherto-exploited children to find security in schools and stable homes.
Today, however, a 10-year-old who otherwise lacks the maturity to make any meaningful decisions might nonetheless receive attention from adults who have an unhealthy interest in the child’s sexual identity.
Furthermore, today’s 10-year-old faces the dire prospect of growing up with an absent father. That might or might not apply to the young carjacking suspect in question. But one cannot ignore the possibility.
In fact, the absence of fear over potential consequences could also explain the suspects’ mounting audacity and escalating violence. Fathers instill that very healthy fear.
Meanwhile, the 17-year-old suspect himself can barely make decisions. But he knows right from wrong and chooses to ignore it, so one can easily imagine the influence he has had on the younger suspect.
In the end, one hopes that the police will track down these two lost boys before they hurt someone irrevocably.
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