On Saturday, 17-year-old Ravontay Hutchins allegedly stole a pizza delivery driver's car outside of a restaurant in Little Italy. The teen was caught by police shortly after, and now he's off to jail--since his mom wouldn't bail him out.
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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."
"I want to know why there's not more parents like this," Judge Chiampas said. "I applaud her for her truthfulness."
There are a few ways this could turn out. He could be "scared straight" by the experience, or turned hard and this jail time will just give him street cred. I'm not really sure, however the fact that he's 14 and stole a car AND his mother was frustrated enough to let him stay in jail as a lesson tells me this probably isn't the first stunt he's pulled.
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