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What Robin really needed was a strong God fearing mentor to help guide him through the tender years of life.
Physically, everything about the boy was fine. But mentally, two basic characteristics of honesty and integrity were the major missing links in the chain of his moral conduct throughout his teen years.
During these years, in his estimation he was more adventurous than his classmates who were raised in homes with both parents. In his mind he secretly considered himself to be braver. The things his mother could not provide for him were no problem. He generally took matters in his own hands and provided for himself by theft.
Robin duly paid the price for his thievery when he went into juvenile detention. After his release he tried to take better care of himself and quit the habit of stealing. In the meantime he was sent to live with his aunt. His mother could no longer handle his unruly behavior.
Within the next few weeks however, Robin was back to his old tricks—stealing. His grandmother thought she could do a better job, so she took him in.
A Saturday night just before Thanksgiving would mark the end of his freedom. On the news was a segment about a drive-by shooting. A gang of African American boys shot and killed a man on the street.
Robin was among them. He and three boys occupied the minivan from which the shots were fired.
After the victim fell, Robin bolted. He jumped out of the vehicle, ran like a spooked animal, and vanished before police arrived.
The shooter and the other accomplices were quickly apprehended. But they snitched on Robin. He was arrested some time later at his grandmother’s apartment.

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