Police: Couple Feuds Over Toddler's Gang

[Heracles 417]

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A couple arguing about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday, reported KMGH-TV in Denver.

On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into a video rental store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said.

After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home.

His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, told authorities she is a member of the Crips, police said. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman told police.

"They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would 'claim,'" Sandoval said.

Manzanares was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and domestic violence. He was transported to the Adams County Detention Facility.

On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to pay $835 in court costs, according to the Denver Post. The misdemeanor harassment charge was dropped.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/family/15851623/detail.html

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

#######? 4 year olds in gangs?

i guess we know what kinda heat they are packing.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Wow, my wife told me she heard this in a gang awareness seminar but I didn't believe her. Figured she heard wrong. Damn! This is fukced up.

[William33 110]

The parents are absolute morons.....and the child pays the price. Really sad.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Yes, absolute is a good word!

[Nagishkaw 510]

It's not a gang, it's a club.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I live close to them

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

I live close to them

be afraid, be very afraid.

[Scott & Lai 12]

These creatures are a good argument for sterilization

[Amby 490]

####### toddlers in gangs? are they packing juice boxes and candy canes?

[panamania79 2]

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A couple arguing about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday, reported KMGH-TV in Denver.

On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into a video rental store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said.

After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home.

His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, told authorities she is a member of the Crips, police said. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman told police.

"They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would 'claim,'" Sandoval said.

Manzanares was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and domestic violence. He was transported to the Adams County Detention Facility.

On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to pay $835 in court costs, according to the Denver Post. The misdemeanor harassment charge was dropped.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/family/15851623/detail.html

I really can't believe what I'm reading.I was hoping for a "Romper Room" gang, not Mara-Salvatrucha.

[Fandango 1,439]

When yer a Jet, yer a Jet all the way, from yer first cigarette til yer last dyin day!

Edited April 16, 2008 by Happy Bunny

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Wow - pretty nuts