14-year-old teen charged as an adult in theft of 22 guns in Florida

A 14-year-old boy was charged as an adult in a court in the southwestern city of Cape Coral. Florida (USA), for the robbery with his 11-year-old brother of 22 pistols in an armory in this town, a local media reported on Wednesday.

The minor was charged with 22 counts for the crimes of “grand theft of a firearm, robbery, resisting arrest, and criminal conduct,” picked up the WINK News channel.

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The events occurred on June 8, when The teenager along with his brother broke into the Guns 4 Less weapons store that morning.

The owner of the armory received an alert from his security company, and when they checked the surveillance cameras shortly after, they were surprised that the thieves who entered the store were two children.

Police stated that The 11-year-old boy was quickly caught, but the teenager ran off and tried to hide one of the guns in a street sewer grate.

The 14-year-old boy appeared Tuesday in a court in the aforementioned city, where the judge imposed a bail of 286,000 dollars and prohibited him from any contact with his little brother.

Apparently, the accused minor as an adult had already been in trouble in 2020 for threatening to carry out a mass shooting.

Source: Elcomercio

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