A Texas judge lost his patience with a juvenile Crips gang member who removed his ankle monitor and shot a 1-year-old baby. The judge sentenced the 12-year-old to 7 years in a juvenile detention center.
The boy broke down and cried during a Zoom detention hearing in September. But the judge told him to save his tears.
“Every time you come in here you cry. You know that, right?” Judge Kim told rapper Lil Rodneyy. “Every single time, you beg me for one more chance. You swear to God, ‘On my mama’s name,’ ‘I’m not gonna cut off the monitor, I’m not gonna run off,'” said judge Kim.
The boy, who also answers to “30 Shotz,” admitted he cut off his ankle monitor to attend a friend’s funeral. But he couldn’t recall the friend’s name. He told the judge he only knew the friend by his nickname.
The boy’s grandfather, who helped raise him, also attended the Zoom hearing.
Judge Kim told the boy he would be detained in a juvenile detention center until he turned 19.
Rodneyy’s mother was interviewed after the hearing. She is a single mom who gave birth to Rodneyy when she was 16.
The boy’s father abandoned his family, and Rodneyy’s mom chooses not to seek child support. She said she was sent away to prison twice when the boy was a toddler. Rodneyy was raised by her father, who lovingly refers to his grandfather as “Paw paw.”