Charge them and make them pay every cent back and then throw in thousands of hours of community service!!!

and don’t forget a good ole fashioned horsewhippin’… and when they do those community service they should wear pink jump suits with thief printed on the back.

i agreed w/mel g. make them wear bright pink with thief printed both front and back.hope those kids got charge with felony.so,it will stay in their record for life.

CPD, I THINK FELONIES FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES IS A LITTLE TOO HARSH! NO DOUBT THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, BUT THEY ARE STILL CHILDREN, AND A MISTAKE THEY MADE WHILE YOUNG AND DUMB SHOULD NOT CARRY ON WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES! PETTY FELONIOUS BACKGROUNDS DO NOTHING BUT MAKE “UNPRODUCTIVE” CITIZENS WHO CANT GET JOBS SO THEY REMAIN CRIMINALS! THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED, BUT NOT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES!?! SMH!

It’s so sad that children have been driven to the by the economy and the current political administration. There should be more after school programs to help kids through these tough times as well as free school lunches and breakfasts.

I work for one of the stores robbed and was there trying to deter them from taking anything from the store…These kids had no care of concern for anyone they threaten us and used force as they ran past us also it is reported that they beat up a woman on Michigan Avenue and robbed her. So when you think that children should not be punished so harshly as being charged with Felonies they should be charged with it these as are not 5 year olds who got caught stealing a cookie out of a cookie jar. These are teens who know right from wrong. And by law any retail theft over $200.00 is a felony. Also what is not realized is that the merchandise that was taken (what was recovered because this was not the first round with this group, they had been doing this for a week) is now tied up as it is evidence which means it can’t be sold and takes money from the company as well as the man power to do paperwork for both the company and the police and man I don’t care what anybody says about the CPD they were fantastic in getting these people. But it is sad as these teens just threw away their lives.

First I would like to say, YEA FOR CITIIZEN ME! Hello…..to you knuckleheads that feel sorry for these kids, Free lunches, after school programs, the political climate, Hello! How many excuses could you make for their behaviour, they stole high end stuff! Not food, basic clothing, medical needs, When idjits stop making excuses for ANYONE’S bad behaviour, then some real justice may prevail so that the rest of us “working poor” don’t have to pick up the tab for other’s stupidity. Yes, retail theft accounts for alot of our increased prices of EVERYTHING that we buy. My teens know better than to steal, and if they did, I would kick their butts worse than the Chicago Police Department, and I would love to send these kids to a scared straight program, not for a day, but, for a week! A little taste of their possible future might just steer them in the right direction. Just a piece of advice, felony, WHATEVER, leads to worse, and if you don’t catch and change this behaviour now, IT GET’S WORSE! Hello, a felong conviction will be the least of their worries, a long prison term would be alot worse. What part of ‘”thou shalt not steal” don’t people get, this was’nt a package of gum, or a container of Tic-Tacs. TALK TO YOUR KIDS AND DON’T LET THEM END UP LIKE THESE KIDS!