12 Year Old Michigan Girl Charged with Armed Robbery, Father Says She was Trying to Get Money for House Payments

SHAME: A 12 year old girl was arrested for attempted armed robbery in Highland Township, MI. The father of the girl said she was trying to get money to make house payments, Click on Detroit reported. He also said he and his wife were going through a terrible divorce.

He said his wife informed him of the arrest and he went crazy. But the father told Local 4 the girl had a motivation to commit a robbery.

"Her mother told her that I was taking away the house that they live in, which is absolutely false and she was trying to get money to pay for the house is what I heard. It's terrible," the father said. In a 911 call obtained by Local 4, a woman can be heard telling a dispatcher Friday night that another employee is holding down a crying masked girl who just tried to rob the store with a gun.

The girl, whose father said turned 12 years old last month, has been charged as a juvenile with armed robbery. Police said she stole a gun and used it to try to take cash from Country Lake Market on North Milford Road. Source: Click on Detroit

Could someone please tell me where this 12 year old girl got a loaded 9 mm handgun from? This is a thug in the making if they don't rein her in. She will actually pull the trigger one day.