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The mother of a convicted child-killer is missing three guns from her home, police announced Wednesday, two days after her son was charged with the gunpoint holdup of a pizza deliveryman in Pembroke Park.
It's not known if the missing guns played a role in the robbery. But the missing guns could add fuel to criticism of Grossett-Tate, a person some say is partly responsible for her son's crime troubles.
''It seems that the mother has contributed to all of this,'' said the Rev. Dennis Grant, an early supporter of Lionel's. ``It's just a sad situation for this kid. The mother needs to be held liable for what has happened.''
Tate's lawyer, Jim Lewis, said the state's case simply didn't make sense.
''Why would you rob a pizza man at gunpoint then sit down on a stoop with the pizza and eat it?''
Grant said she should be held to a higher-standard, given her son's difficulties.
''She knows she has a son in her house on probation,'' he said. ``She acted negligently.''
Grossett-Tate said she was upstairs napping in preparation for National Guard duty when her 12-year-old son body-slammed 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick to death in 1999.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11738869.htm
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11738869.htm
It's not known if the missing guns played a role in the robbery. But the missing guns could add fuel to criticism of Grossett-Tate, a person some say is partly responsible for her son's crime troubles.
''It seems that the mother has contributed to all of this,'' said the Rev. Dennis Grant, an early supporter of Lionel's. ``It's just a sad situation for this kid. The mother needs to be held liable for what has happened.''
Tate's lawyer, Jim Lewis, said the state's case simply didn't make sense.
''Why would you rob a pizza man at gunpoint then sit down on a stoop with the pizza and eat it?''
Grant said she should be held to a higher-standard, given her son's difficulties.
''She knows she has a son in her house on probation,'' he said. ``She acted negligently.''
Grossett-Tate said she was upstairs napping in preparation for National Guard duty when her 12-year-old son body-slammed 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick to death in 1999.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11738869.htm
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11738869.htm