LOW-DOWN JUVENILES BURGLARIZE, SPRAY-PAINT 93-YEAR-OLD WWII VET’S HOME

A mere slap-in-the-wrist for these sorry little hoodlums would constitute a gross miscarriage of justice

I don’t care if one of these young creeps is only 13-years-old. Both of these hoodlums should do some serious prison time. It looks to me like stealing was just an afterthought – inflicting severe emotional pain on their victims seems to have been their primary intent. What they did to that WWII Marine Corps vet’s home calls out for the harshest possible punishment.

HOME BURGLARIZED AND RANSACKED IN NW HOUSTON
By Miya Shay

KTRK-TV
January 21, 2013

HOUSTON -- Two suspected burglars are in custody after two homes were broken into Monday morning. The homes were ransacked and in one case even spray-painted with graffiti.

The burglaries happened just a few blocks away from each other on the northwest side. The two suspects are in custody, but not before they did a lot of damage.

Spray paint on the walls, furniture, windows, even a television -- two teenagers allegedly did to the inside of a 93-year-old World War II veteran's home.

"For them to take stuff out and spray paint, it's so disrespectful, "said Diane Wood, the victim's daughter-in-law.

Wood said her father-in-law came home from a doctor's appointment to find his home ransacked and jewelry stolen. Police quickly caught the suspects, who are 13 and 16 years old, and Wood confronted the teens.

"I just said, you know, your mom didn't raise you this way, to take advantage of anybody, much less an old man," she explained.

But Houston police say this isn't the first house the teens hit. Just a few blocks away, the same teens allegedly ransacked Wilton William's home. He walked in on the teens in the middle of their burglary, and the teens pointed Williams' own shotgun at the homeowner.

"It was my shotgun and he pointed at it me," Wilton said. "I don't know if he tried to shoot it, but it jammed."

The teens quickly ran off, and didn't tag the inside of Williams' home. But among the items now missing is Mary Williams' wedding ring.

"They took the whole jewelry box and dumped it in something," she said.

Police were able to recover some stolen items but Mary Williams is still looking for her wedding ring. She hopes police be able to help find it.