2 teen boys charged in carjacking spree in PG

[Anonymous]

According to WJLA

https://wjla.com/news/local/gallery/prince-georges-county-carjackings-arrests-auto-thefts-police-pursuit-washington-dc-15-year-old-boys-teen-armed-weapons-gun-violence-gunpoint-oxon-hill-custody-charges-bladensburg-pgpd-maryland-crime-gov-moore?photo=1

this happened in Oxen Hill.

My question is: does it seem like more teens and tweens are committing violent crimes ?

(and no, it’s not helpful to just mindlessly parrot ‘crime was higher in the 90s’. If that’s even true).

[Anonymous]

those are teenagers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:those are teenagers?

2 out of 5 are teenagers. The dude on the right in the threesome mug shots is 33. My guess is that these are the three non-teenagers and that due to the fact that the teens are minors, they are not showing the photos of the teens.

[Anonymous]

PG County actually arrests people, unlike MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to WJLA

https://wjla.com/news/local/gallery/prince-georges-county-carjackings-arrests-auto-thefts-police-pursuit-washington-dc-15-year-old-boys-teen-armed-weapons-gun-violence-gunpoint-oxon-hill-custody-charges-bladensburg-pgpd-maryland-crime-gov-moore?photo=1

this happened in Oxen Hill.

My question is: does it seem like more teens and tweens are committing violent crimes ?

(and no, it’s not helpful to just mindlessly parrot ‘crime was higher in the 90s’. If that’s even true).

They are. The moco police chief says he has never seen youth violent crime like this and he has been a cop here 38 years.

And there are more dead kids too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to WJLA

https://wjla.com/news/local/gallery/prince-georges-county-carjackings-arrests-auto-thefts-police-pursuit-washington-dc-15-year-old-boys-teen-armed-weapons-gun-violence-gunpoint-oxon-hill-custody-charges-bladensburg-pgpd-maryland-crime-gov-moore?photo=1

this happened in Oxen Hill.

My question is: does it seem like more teens and tweens are committing violent crimes ?

(and no, it’s not helpful to just mindlessly parrot ‘crime was higher in the 90s’. If that’s even true).

Per the article - YES
"Of the 2023 arrests so far, 110 are adults and 138 are juvenile. The number of juveniles arrested for auto theft so far this year is more than double the number in all of 2022. In 2022, PGPD charged a total of 66 juveniles.

[Anonymous]

There was a period when it became really hard for teens to steal a car, because of anti-theft technology, and carjackings by youths increased a lot. They do it because they want a car to get somewhere or for fun. It’s not a profit thing, they just abandon the car in short order.

Now tik tok is making it easy to find out how to steal certain cars so that’s happening too.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s two different things. Teens stealing cars for joyrides which has always happened but tiktok makes it easier to learn how. And teens being used by criminal groups who have smartly realized that teens have lower inhibition (eg teen boys make bad choices generally) and they are less likely to go to jail. Same reason they started using them as drug runners and corner dealers in the 80s. It’s always worse in the summer when a lot of teens have spare time. Summer jobs and sports programs help some but for a lot of kids this is more social and exciting than working at county parks and rec.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a period when it became really hard for teens to steal a car, because of anti-theft technology, and carjackings by youths increased a lot. They do it because they want a car to get somewhere or for fun. It’s not a profit thing, they just abandon the car in short order.

Now tik tok is making it easy to find out how to steal certain cars so that’s happening too.

TikTok? At least it is not toxic or anything.

“It’s just tween girls doing little dances” lol

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

What is it about youth culture that is causing this increase?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is it about youth culture that is causing this increase?

I think it is a combination of factors.... social media obsession, lack of healthy social interaction, and lack of strong, positive male role models in the home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is it about youth culture that is causing this increase?

Lack of morals and values in the home. Lack of positive male role models in the home. Not learning right from wrong in the home. Lack of involved parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is it about youth culture that is causing this increase?

Lack of morals and values in the home. Lack of positive male role models in the home. Not learning right from wrong in the home. Lack of involved parents.

That and lack of consequences. They’re not stupid and know that they’ll get a slap on the wrist at worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is it about youth culture that is causing this increase?

I think it is a combination of factors.... social media obsession, lack of healthy social interaction, and lack of strong, positive male role models in the home.

Social media - especially TikTok - is a major influencer by encouraging violent youth crime.