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Game Over for Teens 'Acting Out' Grand Theft Auto

Six bored pals launched crime spree: cops

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 27, 2008 2:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – Six bored Long Island teenagers have been busted for acting out the violent themes of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto IV with a real life spree of break-ins, a mugging, a beating and a carjacking, police charge. "These teens have difficulty separating fact from fiction, fantasy from reality," a detective told the New York Post. "It was quite alarming."

Six teenagers have been accused of mimicking Grand Theft Auto IV in a violent crime spree. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

A scene from Grand Theft Auto IV. Police say the game inspired six Long Island teenagers to stange a violent crime spree. (AP Photo/Rockstar Games)

A scene from Grand Theft Auto IV. Six teenagers have been accused of mimicking the game in a violent crime spree. (AP Photo/Rockstar Games)

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