Decatur Police sent out this alert…
On 6/15/2014 at approximately 12:48 pm, Decatur Police responded to a burglary in progress in the 300 block of Lockwood Terrace. The victim reported at approximately 12:30 pm she was upstairs and an unknown person kept ringing the doorbell. She ignored it and the ringing finally stopped. Moments later she heard a loud crash downstairs and upon going downstairs to investigate, saw an unknown young male standing in her living room. A pane in a window leading from the rear porch into the living room was broken and the window had been unlocked and opened. She told the male she was going to call the police and he replied, “Tell ’em to come get me”. The male then grabbed car keys from a nearby bowl and crawled through the window outside. The victim opened the door leading into the garage and saw another young male outside looking into the garage door windows. She then saw the first male that crawled through the window join the second male looking into the garage. The victim returned upstairs to call police and witnessed the two suspects in her vehicle driving south on Lockwood Terrace.
Suspect #1 was described as a black male, approximately 14-15 years old, approximately 5’8”, slim build, with a unique hairstyle shaved on the sides and a mushroom shaped afro on top, clean cut, wearing a faded blue v-neck shirt with green and blue trim around the neck, a white t-shirt underneath and blue jeans.
Suspect #2 was described as a young black male, approximately 5’8”.
The stolen vehicle is a gray 2011 four door Saab 93 displaying GA tag #BEK6937.
Where’s Lockwood Terrace? HERE.
Can we just have victims start going through the High School year books like a mug shot book?
I’ve got a feeling that the burglars come from schools that can’t afford yearbooks. The 14-15 year old criminals last summer were all from outside Decatur. Other than the private school kid breaking into cars. Still upsets me to see kids so young in so much trouble already. Does not augur well for the future.
Does anyone think these are COD kids? or from surrounding area?
What a crock.
No reference to them arriving by car, so they may have arrived via the Avondale MARTA station and then walked to the victim’s house. I wonder if the Decatur Police can request security video of the MARTA police?
FYI-Your “Lockwood Terrace” link links to a “Lockwood Terrace” in Guam…lol
Weird. Didn’t just do that when I clicked on it.
I got Guam, too. Ebbett Field.
Not only did I get Guam, but it appears to be tipping over.
That is nonsensical. 50 troops and 4 humvees were cut to keep the weight impact well inside the tipping point.
Guam is unincorporated DeKalb I think.
Just a few waves over from Easter Lake Island.
This is ridiculous…kids that are basically freshmen in high school robbing homes? That area is a nice area too, so it’s a shame that these criminals are going there. Just wait, they’ll break into the wrong house one day…
Yeah. I am a compassionate type and I do some work with at risk young people. That said, if a teen broke into my house and behaved in any way threateningly while Baby Bad Example was home… Hudmo is correct that there could be very unfortunate consequences for everyone involved.
What is most striking to me here is the indifference the perpetrators apparently have toward the police. “tell them to come get me” encapsulates it perfectly; they don’t give a c**p and think they can operate with impunity. Which is what seems to be happening. Don’t get me wrong, I think DPD is a good outfit with dedicated people. It’s just that it’s not enough. The whole community’s going to need to stand up to this.
In addition to their paltry 2-3 years of experience of impunity as teen-criminals, they have the 14-15 year old undeveloped male frontal lobe. I maintain that a 14-15 year boy with a gun or stolen vehicle is much scarier than a 17-18 year old in the same situation. The early adolescent male has a brain that has not yet developed the capacity for sound judgment leading to completely unpredictable behavior. The safest place for them to be is with whatever activity is their passion–basketball, baseball, computers, books, camping, tennis, kayaking, animals, whatever–under the supervision of good adult role models.
“The early adolescent male has a brain that has not yet developed the capacity for sound judgment leading to completely unpredictable behavior.”
This sweeping generalization is not even close to being true. Millions of early adolscent males are hard-working, reliable kids.
Don’t bother trying to change AHiD’s mind about this. She’s been called out on it before to no avail, and seems not to understand that it’s insulting, condescending and not even remotely applicable to the vast majority of teenage boys.
I may not be a neuroscientist, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night and I’ve got to say that AHID is much more correct about the physiology and its effects than either of you two outraged yahoos…
An accessible news story to start, but there is MUCH scholarly study and agreement on this topic.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141164708
I’m not arguing that a 14 year old’s brain is fully developed. I was once 14, I know perfectly well that young adolescent decision-making leaves much to be desired.
I’m arguing that even the 14 year-old developing brain possesses some capacity for sound judgment and impulse control, making AHID’s statement far too sweeping. But I think she has clarified the issue in her post below, and I think we’re all in agreement with the more limited point she’s making.
What DEM says just above. AHiD’s sweeping generalization of teenage boys minimizes the intelligence, good decision-making and maturity of the majority. As a former teenage boy who generally made good decisions, I was in a position to know many peers who also disproved her statements.
AHiD, thank you for clarifying your comments below. But I ask that next time you pound this drum (as you have many times before), please do it knowing that most teenage boys are wiser than you give them credit for.
I will maintain my concern about, and fear of, 14-15 year olds with guns, vehicles, and criminal behavior. I truly think that it’s just a matter of time until we have a fatal outcome to one of these young teen criminal situations. As to the development of the teen frontal lobe, I’m basing my understanding on what is in published science and the popular media. The miracle of healthy parenting, education, and community life is that most teens make small mistakes without serious consequences in a safe setting and then learn from them. If the current neuroscience is wrong, I stand corrected.
You’re still not getting it. No one here is disputing the science; what is at issue is your broad, sweeping generalization when you say “the early adolescent male has a brain that has not yet developed the capacity for sound judgment leading to completely unpredictable behavior.”
If you’re unable to see the arrogance and snide superiority of your comments, then there’s nothing more I can say (edited)
I’m done here. Time to complain about annexations.
It’s very close to true. That there are plenty of hard-working and reliable kids does not mean that their brains are still not developed enough to fully understand consequences. Better decisions come with age…arguing otherwise makes no sense to me.
No one should take offense. If anything, AHID’s take makes the teenage exceptionalism narrative that much more compelling. If teens are just small adults, demonstrations of character and hard work are nothing special. But if they’re hampered by ill-formed capacity and a propensity for poor decision-making, actions to the contrary are outside the norm and therefore notable and commendable.
So hooray, teens! If you’re gettin’ it done, stayin’ clean, and workin’ hard, give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back! You’re overcoming your limitations!
“Better decisions come with age…arguing otherwise makes no sense to me.”
That’s not what AHID said and, thus, no one is arguing otherwise.
Actually, that’s exactly what I meant to say, I guess KF said it better. I’d rather deal with a 17-18 year old criminal than a 14-15 year old one because the older teen is more likely to use good judgment and make the better, safer (albeit still criminal) decision.
Hope none of us have either breaking into our homes and cars.
What bothers me about this narrative is that it seems to encourage parents to low expectations and requirements when it comes to teen behaviors. Yes, teenagers tend to be boneheaded. But I think many of them are a lot more boneheaded than they need to be, simply because nobody’s expecting them to be anything else.
I’m not saying to have low expectations. My point is that it’s very sad and very scary to have 14-15 years olds involved with guns and vehicles. That it’s not the norm is exactly my point. We are in deep trouble that it’s gotten to this point.
I realize your intention is not to advocate low expectations. And I don’t dispute the science. I just believe that narrative has contributed to a lamentable situation among many people (not all) with regard to what’s expected and what’s considered acceptable when it comes to how teenagers behave.
I agree that one should not excuse bonehead behavior and definitely not criminal behavior. But I suspect that the 14-15 year olds with guns, vehicles, and brazen behavior are from yet another universe–a universe in which no one is discussing parenting, neuroscience, or acceptable teen behavior. It both frightens and saddens me to think of what makes a young teen violent. Given the whole rapid development thing going on at that age, I fear that those kind of violent experiences cause permanent abnormal brain connections to develop, changes that will be hard to undo.
I don’t get it. With all the Dirty Harry “make my day” posturing and blather from anonymous blog commenters, you’d think these kids would move on to the next oasis of wealth of this sea of poverty to prey upon.
You are assuming that APS and Fulton County Schools are imparting literacy skills.
Anybody busts down my door, the cats will…oh, never mind. They won’t.
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Where are the parents? Ask your kids what they did today. Look them in the eye. When they find these punks, have their parents spend a few nights in jail for the crimes of their children. Wait till you see how quickly they teach their kids right from wrong. As soon as the parents are held accountable for the crimes of their children, this s..t will stop.
My guess is that their parents are hard to find, whether it be because of drug use, adult criminal behavior, abuse, neglect, triple part-time inadequate jobs to make ends meet, or all of the above. The thing that amazes me is that these kids seem to go to school. Hence, the rise in these crimes once school is out. The optimistic side of me hopes that there’s some hope somewhere in that fact, something that could be done…….
While I can completely relate to the conversation, my heart goes out to the woman who found the robber of the home invasion standing in her living room. I hope the DPD catches these perps. Also, the woman got robbed so maybe the headline can read robber instead of burglar? I believe burglars steal when victims are not around but robbers steal with the victim(s) present.
I believe it is the unlawful entry that makes it burglary.
Isn’t it the use of force that makes a burglary become a robbery? But I never can remember what the definition of “force” is. Does it require a weapon used on a victim? Or would the smashing of porch window to enter count?