Kotsu: Kid saves for PS4 w/ Lemonade Stand, gets robbed from

When Life Gives You Lemons

JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Ten-year-old Anthony Sanders wanted to buy a PlayStation 4 when the console launches later this year, and set out to fund that purchase through the quintessential childhood enterprise: a lemonade stand. Then an older boy with robbed him with that quintessential childhood weapon: The BB gun.

To his credit, Anthony was back out selling again the next day and, no, he didn't lose everything he'd made. ..

As for the perp, he was tracked down thanks to other neighborhood kids and is expected to be prosecuted in juvenile court. Witnesses said the alleged robber brandished the BB gun and threatened to shoot Anthony if he didn't hand over the money. The two wrestled over the money box, which the older boy took, and fled after trashing the stand. Police say he only made off with $30.

Kotaku: Kid Saving for PS4 is Robbed at His Lemonade Stand—by a BB Gun

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$30 is a fucking waste to go to juvie jail over! That's barely like a tiny PSN download game right there. Buy a couple of themes cuz fuck it.

And well, there's a couple more Police Blotter stories they have in that link. That 2nd one is alright. Eh.

But hey, have any of you ever done the Lemonade Stand bit, before? Bought some Pokemon cards or something?

God dammit Kotatsu !

My first response was a laugh. Will he be tried by a jury of his peers in juvenile court? lol

Give that kid the death penalty. He'll just get worse as he gets older.

Well it was armed robbery.

Kotaku is my favorite terrible website now.

Kid should need a street vendors licence to sell drinks on the street. He should have permits for food safety reasons. What if he serves ecoli to some tourist? He doesn't have insurance to cover that. He'd be so fucked. Way more fucked than some kid stealing $30.

That's messed up. Sony should give this kid a free PS4.

I'm seriously thinking this shit was a hoax in-order to get a free ps4. What a better way to make publicity and get a ps4 for free, have some 10 year old get robbed for saving up for that device. Also think this isn't bad for Sony as well, get some free PR by giving the kid one.

骨? 忽? 乞? 惚? You have to be more specific.

Having one kid get arrested and put into juvenile hall so another kid gets a free PS4? What kid would agree to that?!

A lemonade stand? Awww... so adorable. I want to pitch in for this kid's PS4.

Anyway yes I did do a lemonade stand a few times, when my family would do a garage/yard sale. I never managed to get more than 10 bucks out of it though.

He made 30 bucks off of Lemonade? Wow.

I doubt that kid with the lemonade stand had a permit.

They should make a Saints Row IV DLC where it turns out The Boss is the older kid.

Why are people calling it Kotatsu all of a sudden?

Why are people calling it Kotatsu all of a sudden?

Can you please stop saying Kotsu?

You said it yourself, hah!

but seriously 30$ of lemonade is pretty impressive, maybe I should join in as well.

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I tried doing a lemonade stand the other day, but some dude came up to me and asked me why a 30 year old fat guy is selling lemonades.....I packed up and left, my heart was broken by that comment.

How about if he to also get a ps4 and a vita for getting arrested.

Throw in an Xbox One and that might be an okay deal.

They're really hurting for stories at Kohatsoup.

I think something like this happened on an episode of Leave it to Beaver. The kid certainly wasn't taken to fucking court though. Slap him on the wrist or something, but not prosecution.

@vagrantchrisx: Oh my God.. That's the saddest story I've ever heard..

I guess they can blame it on GTA.....