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Cops Say Teens Were Emulating GTA in Robbery Spree

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GamePolitics: Yesterday it was Connecticut State Senator Gayle Slossberg fretting about a non-existent rape scene in GTA IV. Today, police in Nassau County, New York allege that six teenagers charged with robbing a man at a supermarket were emulating Grand Theft Auto:

"Nassau County police cops have arrested six teens for robbing a man at a supermarket... The police add the teens arrested were emualting [sic] the characters from the video game Grand Theft Auto."
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PR0F3TA - 546 days 4 hours ago
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yeah ok, and i was emulating Grand Turismo on my drive back from work
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LastDance - 546 days 4 hours ago
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hahaha...bubbles.
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ICUP - 545 days 19 hours ago
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"LOL" and bubble up.
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thebudgetgamer - 545 days 4 hours ago
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1.3 - yup
i played oregon trail then i went cross country in a covered wagon and died of dysentery
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PoSTedUP - 546 days 2 hours ago
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neva though my place would make gaming news. these things happen all the time even b4 gta came out. they act like gta is the cause of all violence and bad things when reality is it was worse even b4 the gta era. people need to get a life yo.
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lsujester - 545 days 20 hours ago
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Notice on the link's link the part where it says, "We got certain admissions..."

Yeah, that's cop code for one of two things:

1. The boys made stuff up to try to get out of it

2. The cops "enticed" them to say it in order to make a stink
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THUNDERMARE - 545 days 18 hours ago
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Actually, those kids would have been playing GTAVI rather than robbing people....
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I love video games - 545 days 18 hours ago
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yea, you have to get the technique from somewhere.... tenchu taught me to sneak.... im good to, look behind you, too slow! im gone
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jon1234 - 545 days 17 hours ago
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man those kids are stupid i went on a kill frenzy the other day and i didnt get caught, u just gotta be slick
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I love video games - 545 days 17 hours ago
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.........like a ninja!
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Jdash24 - 545 days 17 hours ago
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10 - honestly
who didn't see something like this coming?
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AppleSlime - 545 days 17 hours ago
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11 - This is ridiculous...
There's no crow-bar in GTA.
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alphabet - 545 days 9 hours ago
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They must have got a phone call to go bowling right in the middle of the spree.
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Altosax31 - 545 days 7 hours ago
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Lets hear what jack thompson has to say about this one!
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mastercheese179 - 541 days ago
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so it begins
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