NewsDecember 10, 2014
St. Louis police target parents of offenders
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis police are responding to an outbreak of downtown violence by targeting the parents of youthful offenders. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police have issued summons on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor to relatives of four teens targeted in a weekend drive-by shooting of a 16-year-old...
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ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis police are responding to an outbreak of downtown violence by targeting the parents of youthful offenders.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police have issued summons on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor to relatives of four teens targeted in a weekend drive-by shooting of a 16-year-old.
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A city ordinance holds parents responsible for wrongdoing by their minor children if the parents' lack of supervision contributed to the misconduct. The shooting victim's 31-year-old mother could face a misdemeanor charge of child endangerment.
The Saturday night shooting follows the arrest of three girls between 12 and 14 in connection with two downtown beatings and a group attack on a lawyer walking home from work.
Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com
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