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I used to work at a car dealership in Houston back in the 90's. We had about 100 Expeditions broken into one night and all of their dvd players stolen right out of the roof. I don't remember what the total for damages was but it was a lot. This sort of thing happens all the time, it typically doesn't make the news though as dealerships don't want bad publicity.
I would be very curious to know the age of the boys.
Imo, they should spend every summer until they are 18 doing any kind of work they can get and give at least 80% of their earnings to the dealership (or some charity, if insurance covered the damages).
And I also think that if they are under the age of 15, their parents should be investigated for the possibility of child neglect, and if the boys are 15 or older, they should be given the same fines and penalties and adults would for doing the same amount of damage.
These kids were clearly old enough to physically drive, legally they may or may not have been. We're probably talking about teens here.
The parents shouldn't have to pay a red cent unless they were proven neglectful. If they were good parents and just got dealt a bad hand with misbehaving kids, then it wouldn't be fair to force them to pay for something they had no part in. Sometimes the DNA or circumstances are unfavorable.
Make the kids pay. Maybe they won't be able to recoup the full 800 grand to the insurance company, but put them in jail for a year and make them get a job both in jail and then out of jail for a few years to pay some of that money down. Hopefully, by their mid-20s they're productive members of society.
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