Four teenage brothers have been arrested and so have their mother and great-grandmother. Police say the boys are behind a series of beatings, robberies and burglaries in Snellville. Their mother and great-grandmother are accused of letting the boys keep a teenage girl in their home against her will. Snellville police say the four brothers have been terrorizing the community for months so they are glad to get them off the streets. The boys’ great-grandmother told Channel 2 all the charges against her family are lies and harassment. Seventy-four-year-old Mary Herndon said when Snellville police came to her home and handcuffed her, her granddaughter and four great-grandsons, it was the beginning of a nightmare. The boys – ranging from age 13 to 17 – are charged with four counts of strong-armed robbery, three counts of burglary and gang activity. “Gabriel spent most of his time in the house with his music. And no gangs have been hanging around here,” said Herndon. “These folks have been getting on MySpace, they put some things on there that would indicate gang-type activity,” Chief Roy Whitehead with the Snellville Police Department said. Snellville officials say on their MySpace web site, the boys describe themselves as members of the “Strap Squad.” When investigators searched the home, they found items they said had been stolen. They also said the brothers beat and robbed students walking home from South Gwinnett High School. “I do not believe it,” said Herndon. The 16-year-old is also charged with statutory rape. Police said he kept a 14-year-old girl in the home for days. That is why police said they arrested the boys’ mother, Prima Charleston, and great-grandmother. “Because they did know that this young lady was present for all this period of time,” said Whitehead. The women are charged with interference with custody but Herndon said the girl is a runaway and a liar. “We don’t know the girl, we don’t’ know her parents, we didn’t know anything about the girl. She didn’t stay here,” said Herndon. Herndon and the boys’ mother were released on bond but the boys are still in custody. The 17-year-old brother also faces battery and robbery charges from the Gwinnett County School Police Department.
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