Mother Sells Nintendo Wii Her Son Stole, Now Arrested

By Brian Ashcraft, 11:00 PM on Wed Jul 1 2009, 9,306 views (Edit post, Set to draft, Slurp)

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Three teens swiped a neighbors Wii and enlisted the help of a mother to pawn the stolen loot.

Joshua Carter (18), Patrick Early (16) and Derrick Henson (13) have all been arrested on felony charges for stealing a neighbor's Wii. According to Early, his mother, 41-year-old Maxine Law, helped them unload the console at a local pawn shop — even though she knew it was stolen.

The Florida state attorney's office is looking into the matter, and Orlando's WFTV reports that it is possible that Maxine Law could be charged with dealing in stolen property and contributing to the delinquency of minors. You'd think that someone named Law would know better.

lol, guess they got what they deserved

I hope the poor neighbor gets his console wiiturned.

(Yep, Wii puns sound exactly today as they did 2 years ago...)

^I was going to put Grand Theft Wiiuato in thread tittle...but decided not to...Now I wish I did

mom needs to be charged, but I suspect they will get fined and other non jail time punishments. First it's theft under $1000 which is most of the time a slap on the wrist. Second I doubt they will disrupt the household to have the son go to juvie or foster care and mom to prison.

Come on people steal cars and get out a day or two later. A Wii valued at $250, please.

First the xboxs, and now the wiis. Seems we knoe what people want xD