{"id":6389,"date":"2009-06-02T06:55:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T06:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/06\/mom-guilts-sons-into-armed-rob.html"},"modified":"2009-06-02T06:55:10","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T06:55:10","slug":"mom-guilts-sons-into-armed-rob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/06\/mom-guilts-sons-into-armed-rob.html","title":{"rendered":"Mom guilts sons into armed robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/31057070\/?ocid=twitter\">This mom is using her power for evil<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A 51-year-old woman used guilt about her family&#8217;s difficult finances to get her young sons and their friends to help her pay bills by committing at least 20 armed robberies in the Phoenix area, authorities said.<br \/>\nCynthia Roberson, her two sons, ages 12 and 14, and five others face charges of armed robbery and aggravated assault, investigators said Monday.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nAll the robbery victims were physically assaulted, police said. 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