3 Pregnant Teens Break Out Of Group Home
Teenagers Whack Director With Frying Pan, Tie Her Up, Steal Her Purse And Flee In Stolen Minivan
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The director, who was tied up with power cords Tuesday, eventually broke free and called police, American Fork police Sgt. Shaun Greening said. She also freed another pregnant teen tied up in the attack, he said.
Authorities believed the teens — two 15-year-olds and one 16-year-old — left the state and a search was under way. Police said the teens also stole the director's purse, checkbook, credit cards, cell phone and video camera.
The motive wasn't clear. Parents of the girls, who are from California, Texas and Illinois, were notified, police said.
The home, a place for struggling pregnant teens, is in Utah County, about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. Pregnant teens are typically sent there by parents to get away from problems with drugs or boyfriends. They attend class and learn about prenatal care, childbirth and adoption while staying at the home, according to police.
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Anyway, I'm not convinced that group homes are the best thing. Though, if these girls did have a problem with drugs or abusive idiot boyfriends, then this could have been the only viable option.
I wonder where the babies go when they are born.
Posted by fallngempire"
I disagree. What started all this to begin with .. was a lack of communication between the parents and young women. It starts when young women don't feel able to communicate thier needs to thier families.. therefore.. they find other ways of getting the understanding and attention they are looking for. They turn to men to feel loved and understood.
Do I know what I am talking about.. YES.I've lived that life. While life was harsh having a child at such a young age...self respect and determination helped see me through tough times.I sincerly hope that these young women find the courage to turn thier lives around for the sake of thier children.
Posted by intn1 at 04:40 PM : Jan 18, 2007
It doesn't have too. It's datelined Utah, which is a Mormon controlled state.
Posted by fallngempire at 04:18 PM : Jan 18, 2007
You might want to read the article a little better. It says that the families are from California, Texas and California. If you are going to make such stupid comments as above, make sure you have the right facts!!!
You might want to read the article a little better. It says that the families are from California, Texas and California. If you are going to make such stupid comments as above, make sure you have the right facts!!!
Posted by TJTAM at 05:13 PM : Jan 18, 2007
Hardy har har. It starts when obstinate drugged-out bimbos get knocked up by sleazeballs. Their needs are the same needs that Lindsey Lohan and Paris and Britney have - the need for massive cocaine and s*x and money they don't earn but burn. The need to stay out all night, having s*x with random men or women, taking any drug they can get their hands on, makig insane commitments to worthless brutal and abusive loser men, etc. And abusing their parents who are paying for it the whole time.
But let's have sympathy for those bimbos, they just don't get enough communication, sure. That's it.
Find em, catch em, prosecute them and give the babies to people who are intelligent and cappable of being a good example.
I don't think the parents neccesarily did anything wrong, no one here really knows. I doubt that place in Utah was cheap. Sounds like they had good intentions. No one really knows what that place is like. But we DO know those girls HIT that woman with a pan, tied up another pregnant teen and took off like the idiots they are. They'll probably get a slap on the hand and a welfare check.
Well, like most dumb girls, you want the world both ways. You want to be "left alone" when it comes to dumb decisions and doing things for your own selfish reasons that are illogical and destructive, but you need millions of dollars of support and infrastructure just to eat breakfast in the morning.
This, the dumb wasteful girl of America, is a luxury we just can't afford.
Children are the mutual property and responsibility of the entire society; they are a cost and a burden to everyone in the community. You have burdened 100's of people, hundreds more toil in fields and factories, hundreds more dying in Iraq, all for the child you have so
LOL
That is truly funneeee. LMAO
I think these girls should be encouraged by their families to keep their children if they are deemed fit, and if they want them. Otherwise proper homes should be implemented, to hell with the mother's "rights". I know I wasn't capable of making good decisions at the age of 16- and it's GLARINGLY obvious these three girls cannot either.
I also blame wishy washy parenting for a lot of today's problems with kids. I see parents asking toddlers to "please" stop doing something they shouldn't be doing fifty times, in these pleading pathetic voices. Parents allow themselves to be suckered constantly by their own children! "No" these days means "Do it anyway." Kids don't take adults seriously, thus the whacking over the head with a frying pan incident. Kids know how to completely manipulate to get what they want, and they learn how to do it at home.
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by gypc29
January 19, 2007 12:07 PM PST
- bwah! I choked on my soda when I read this article. no wonder our U S of A is so screwed up if we still have these homes for wayward teenage girls.
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