Kill Mom But Don't Hurt TV, Teen Tells Hitman

[Bombardier]

MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida teen charged with hiring an undercover policeman to shoot and kill his mother instructed the purported hitman not to damage the family television during the attack, police said.

Police in the southwestern Florida city of Fort Myers arrested the boy, 17-year-old Carlos Chereza, on Tuesday on a charge of soliciting to commit first-degree murder.

Tipped by an informant that Chereza had offered to pay to have his mother killed, an undercover detective posed as someone willing to do the job, Fort Myers police said.

Chereza offered the detective $2,000 that he expected to inherit from his mother's bank account, and gave him the keys to the family apartment, a map of the apartment and a picture of his mother, the police report said. He asked that the shooting be made to look like a burglary, it said.

"Carlos stated that he didn't want anything to happen to the television," the detective wrote in the arrest report.

Police arrested the teen immediately after the meeting with the detective, and the mother was unharmed. Police spokeswoman Kara Winton said the motive was related to domestic problems within the family, but declined to elaborate.

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Edited April 19, 2004 by Bombardier

[DudeAsInCool]

The kid needs help...desperately. No dad - I wonder what went wrong to distort his mind like this? Sad...

[Bombardier]

It really is sad and scary when you come to think about it.

I keep on reading stores like this of children threatening violence against their parents for stupid things such as cell phones, tvs, and video games.

Crazy

[CTC Command]

A culture of violence only breeds more violence...

[Wolfie]

The TV??? What was he thinking? He should have said not to shoot the computer.

What is the world coming to?? You don't even have to be to an adult to hire a hitman these days. :angry:

[Redneck4sure]

The TV??? What was he thinking? He should have said not to shoot the computer.

What is the world coming to?? You don't even have to be to an adult to hire a hitman these days. :angry:

I heard it was a 60" plasma and the computer was a pentium 200 with a bad graphics card. It was a tough choice but he decided to keep the tv.

[MxRob]

I feel bad for the kid, he needs help. The mom has gotta be in mental anguish from all of this. I feel for her too.

Thankfully the cops prevented a tragedy....................... :(