12-Year-Olds Among Kids Arrested In Robbery

BOSTON -- Three children, two as young as 12, are charged with breaking into a South End home and stealing an Nintendo Wii video game console and other electronics, reported WCVB-TV in Needham.

A resident returned to his home Saturday afternoon to find a 12-year-old girl holding the game console, Boston police said. As he reached out to catch the girl, he heard other intruders in his home.

Two boys, ages 12 and 15, fled out of a window and down a rear fire escape, police spokeswoman Sharon Dottin told the Boston Globe.

[xaphanze]

tsc tsc, kids these days.

[stunt213]

If they really want them, they should've wait until christmas or their birthday for it.

[ALMIGHTYPS3]

Young society(not everybody)is truley in a sad state these days and it's getting worse.Stuff that is going on today would have been shocking just 20 yrs ago(very troubling).

[Mu5afir]

I can feel for those kids, Christmas is almost here and they want their Wii. xD

[xaphanze]

Why steal it?It's cheap as it is.They should try stealing a ps3. Now that would pay off =D.

[Mu5afir]

Probably because of how annoyingly hard it is to find one.

[KnowitAll]

thier hard to find in the store, robbery is easier

Ps3 are hard to steal, since my four reasons!
1. Ps3 are strong they can be used as a weapon (The person being robbed can throw thier ps3 at the robber possibly klling him or leaving him in a coma)
2. Ps3 are like dogs. They will find thier way home
3. "The owners" People who did not wait for a price drop and paid 600$ for it are sicko paths (Like dam its almost going to be 300$ soon). This kind of people if they find you stealing the ps3 will hunt you down and eat you alive.
4. My grandma told me so!

[IRONMAN_357X]

i have one, no body is gonna steal a 360 or wii in beantown, but a ps3, when like 50million ppl have em, hell yea

[MoonDust]

Learn how to complete a sentence and then come back? Ok.

[Mecha105]

.................

[Numark]

death penalty!!!!!!!!

[monkey602]

Thanks for that I am pi$$in myself laughing now. + bubble

[Phantom_Lee]

its really hard to steal a ps3..why? cuz its just too big to walk off without anybody noticing it....since they are 12...imaging 2 kids walk off with one or two PS3 and pretend nothings happening

[MolotovMan1263]

I completely agree. A Wii is definitely not worth stealing. If i were offered a Wii for free, i'd definitely say "hell no".

My little brother has a Wii, and from what i've seen, it is complete trash.

[Nightrider128]

Wow the only people who say stuff like that are halo fan boys, why?
Because halo sucks and they need to talk bad about other systems to feel smarter since they bought a crapy game.

[unsunghero28]

Just goes to show it isn't ALWAYS about the price...

[BaMYouRDeaD]

Sick kids these days.

[Shaka2K6]

LMAO and they steal what? for god sakes this system is so bad its not even worth streching a arm for.
the most fun u will have with this useless trash is trying to remove all the dust it will collect beacuase there nothing else to do with it.

[unsunghero28]

Tell me a PS3 exclusive that is out RIGHT NOW that is rated higher than Metroid Prime 3 or Legend of Zelda by any review-averaging website.

And then tell me whether your $600 really gave you more bang for your buck than my $250.

-edit-
@9.2 Many thanks for being rational and not spouting mindless fanboy drivel like our good friend Shaka up there...

[monkey602]

@unsung hero... I have both the Wii and a PS3 and to be perfectly honest I prefer the PS3. I find the two systems to be so different gaming wise though so thats why I got a Wii. Although I dont think its as good as my PS3 the Wii certainly gave me some memorable moments and is bound to give me many more once the games I want really start coming in.

EDIT: No problems bud I'll even add to your bubbles for being a good sport. Oh and for the record I dont agree with Shaka in the slightest. I dont regret getting a Wii at all. Slater

[xplosneer]

This is too funny. There are none in stock and they steal it! Man......
(If anybody takes that as fanboyish, it isn't meant to be)

[zigzag]

I would of probably stole one but instead of a wii it would be a ps3

[monkey602]

There is a lot of talk in here of people willing to steal PS3's! I'm off to lock mine up

[Shaka2K6]

then the stupid kiddie wii will ever be.

[monkey602]

Have you actually played the Wii or do you just not have a soul?

[DeckUKold]

how they gonna play the eye toy without a full console

[TruthBTold]

How does news about a Wii being stolen by kids become a flame war, I honestly feel bad for these kids. The truth is their parents might not be able to afford the Wii and for that matter any other game system. As a kid I remember how long I had to wait to get my first game system which was the turbo grafix 16, I think it was more than a year. I hope this doesn't ruin their lives.

[monkey602]

Your comment reminded me of my first games machine the GameBoy and the year or two I had it with the same 3 games until I got my Sega. + bubble for you for both your sypathy for those kids (which is a valid point) and bringing back fond memories ;)

[TruthBTold]

I later remmember getting the Game Gear with Mortal Kombat. I only had it for less then a month because I went to exchange it for the Segan Genesis. Those good ol days of gaming. To be honest I can still enjoy playing games on older systems. I wished they would start selling them on PSN (since I only have PS3) and XBox live so that we can replay old games like streets of rage, zelda a link to the past, Tower of Babel ( I think that is the name), Bonks adventures, Super Punch out and so many more. They could make a good profit as well if they sold them for like a dollar each.

[commadore65]

games on the virtual console... did think on getting streets of rage n some other sega games.

VC is great but they should patch the wii to let you use SD cards, just isn't enough space to make a proper collection. I'd like to think that i'll be able to play those games i d/l even if/when wii connectivity to the nintendo network ceases to exist.

[Dogswithguns]

....and have fun with the Wii!!

[ShiftyLookingCow]

sad and unfortunate.

[ChickeyCantor]

"Have you actually played the Wii or do you just not have a soul? "

LMAO!!!!!!!!!
hahahahah omg that was great =D

as for the kids =/ ask mamma mannn mamma would get one for her self toooo.

[commadore65]

these kids aren't too young to know this is taking what belongs to someone else. Hopefully they will grow out of it, but loads of people never do and make life crap for people who work for things.

[sumfood4u]

Kids went from Shoplifting to Home Evasion. It has to be an inside job thru the Kid Connection an Harldy see kids working for what they own like paper route an lemon-aid stands, like I used to Do! BTW i'm from CA an i've been to Boston it quite friendly!

[DeckUKold]

this is to funny how do some ppl come and rob someone for a very cheap console it's hilarious

[Odiah]

I once held up a bank with my PS3.