12-Year-Old Remains Locked Up After Walgreens Robbery

ORLANDO -- The 12-year-old accused of trying to rob a local pharmacy with two BB guns will remain locked up.
On Tuesday, he appeared before a judge, one day after Orlando police said he snuck out of his house and then held up the Walgreens at Kirkman Road and Raleigh Street.

However, the boy's father said the police and media have it all wrong, and that his son is a good kid.

"We hear everything that's on TV and we hear everything that's out there,” said the boy’s father. “You know what, there's two sides to every story. He's actually a sweet kid. You know what, everybody probably hears that about their kids, but you know, I think the entire situation, everybody out here who got a camera or a microphone in my face, this time you guys might have this one wrong."

The father pleaded with a judge to release the boy into his custody, but that request was denied.

The boy is due back in court Sept. 11.

News 13 is not identifying the boy because of his age.

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Comment by ORANGE MOUND VET.AKA MR.22 SHOTS. on August 13, 2008 at 10:16pm: SHIT GOOD KIDS FUCK UP TO THAT WHAT HIS DADDY GOT TO REALIZE.

Comment by Tekina on August 14, 2008 at 12:25pm: Leave his bad ass locked up, maybe he will learn his lesson.

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Comment by stlouis on August 15, 2008 at 2:25am: I WOULD CHARLIE MURPHY DA FUCK OUT OF DAT LIL NIGGA!!! THEN LOCK HIS ASS BACK UP!MY REAL QUESTION IZ WHERE THE FUCK HIS PARENTS WERE AND HOW HE HAD TIME DO THE SHIT N THE FIRST PLACE SMACK THEY AZZ 2.

Comment by A-Trane on August 15, 2008 at 12:40pm: i guess this is what happens when kids wanna be "gangsta"

Comment by CrystalShine on August 15, 2008 at 10:11pm: This is a sad situation, yea there's 2 sides to a story, but this story doesn't look good at all. If he is a good or sweet kid, I wonder what made him tick, or maybe the parents could have told him 2 do it. I don't put nothin past nobody nowadays, shits hard out here, and people will do anything to get it how they live.