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A perfect lesson to her little snowflake. From the Chicago Sun-Times:

Angry mom refuses to bail out teen son accused of car theft
A teenager accused of stealing a pizza delivery guy's car was chewed out by a judge -- and his mom -- Sunday morning in court.

Ravontay Hutchins, 17, allegedly stole the 1996 Acura Integra after the driver left the keys in the ignition and the engine running outside Pompeii, 1531 W. Taylor, at 9:20 p.m. Saturday.

Two cops on a lunch break at the restaurant heard about the theft and quickly put out a description of the stolen car, which the delivery guy was following in another car, police said.

Hutchins and a 14-year-old accomplice were soon arrested after a brief foot chase in the 1300 block of South Albany, prosecutors said.

At a hearing Sunday in Cook County Criminal Court, Hutchins' mother told Judge Peggy Chiampas that Hutchins' father was serving with the military in Iraq and that she'd done everything she could for the boy, who was "spoiled."

When Chiampas set Hutchins' bail at $25,000, his mother told the judge "I've got [the money to bail him out], but he's staying here, locked up!" and stormed from the courtroom.

Chiampas praised her, saying, "I want to know why there's not more parents like this. ... I applaud her for her truthfulness."

As Hutchins was led back to the cells, she told him, "You think about that, while your dad's in Iraq."

Also interesting are the nine pages of comments left by readers. The general subject is like this one:

YOU GO MOM!!! If more parents were as tough as you there may not be as many young people in gangs with guns killing other young people. Parents should take note............

There are a couple of ones saying that the Mom is being too harsh and that Cook County Jail is not the place for her little snowflake. I would think that a night or two in a hell-hole like that will be enough to shock him into waking up and realizing what a life of crime can result in. A few nights is bad enough, imagine ten years or more... Funny as well that the ones criticizing the Mom have horrible grammar and spelling. Posted by DaveH at August 2, 2010 6:15 PM