Starting Young

◆ “A 3-year-old girl, her pocket stuffed with stolen jewelry, and her 10-year-old sister were arrested inside a burglarized home,” according to a United Press International report from Denver, Colorado. “The girls apparently entered the home . . . by breaking a kitchen window, [police] officers said.”

Criminal at Eight

◆ Police officials in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, wonder whether a delinquent eight-year-old boy is already a “career criminal.” “I don’t know if [he] can be saved,” said a state official. The boy has been arrested eight times in less than five months, most recently twice in one week for car theft.