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Sun, 04 May 2008 |
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Fake anti-GTA IV story going around Crime-related incidents have plagued Grand Theft Auto IV ever since it launched at midnight last week, with BBC News reporting a mugging and stabbing, which GamesRadar disputes. Now, a new story circulating the Internet claims that a 10-year-old boy in Tallahassee, Florida, committed a slew of crimes “just minutes” after playing GTA IV. We can confirm that the entire story, which was cited as coming out of The Associated Press, is bogus. No word yet on where the article, written below, was originally published, but just watch out for this one roaming around the Web. “A local ten year old boy by the name of Elijah Carden was arrested yesterday after he committed several crimes over a four hour period. According to police reports, the child left his house around 10:30 a.m. and proceeded to break the window of a neighbors car. After a failed attempt at “hot wiring” the vehicle, the boy went back into his house and retrieved his fathers .22 cal automatic pistol. The child walked to the Albertsons at the corner of Monroe St. and Ocala Rd. and shot at two local TPD officers. Neither of the officers were injured. Reportedly, Elijah ran off in the mist of the confusion. At 12:47 p.m., TPD officers were dispatched to a neighborhood on Call St. with reports of an armed robbery. When police met with the victim, (who has asked to keep their identity confidential) they described their attacker as a small Caucasian male child/midget who approached them with a handgun and demanded that they turn over their wallet. Based off the victims description, a city-wide search began for said attacker. At 2:15 p.m., TPD responded to a call of a robbery in progress at the Jimmy Johns on Monroe St. Upon arriving at the scene officers witnessed a small child waving around a pistol inside the restaurant. The officers communicated with the child and convinced him to surrender without incident. Elijah was promptly arrested and taken to the local holding station. After interviewing the child, police learned that the young boy had been playing a new video game called Grand Theft Auto Four, just minutes before starting his crime spree. The young boy reportedly stated that he thought it was OK to do these things since he could do it in the game. The child was released to his parents early this morning and is expected to receive counseling on the incident. Political controversy has risen in response to this incident. Outspoken video game protester Jack Thompson, has already made plans to meet with Governor Charlie Crist on the issue of video game violence and crime. More news will be released on this as it develops.” Read the full article Posted 03:13
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