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Aug 1, 2008 8:17 pm US/Eastern
Chik-fil-A Founder Gives Pre-Teen Vandals A Break
The Founder Of The Chicken Restaurant Chain Offers Books, Break From TV Instead Of Jail
Pre-Teen Girls Caused $30 Thousand In Damage Out Of "Boredom"
NEW SMYRNA BEACH (CBS4) ―
A couple of pre-teen girls who said they were 'bored' when they broke into the Florida home of the founder of the Chik-fil-a restaurant chain will now have something to keep them busy, and it won't be in jail.
The two girls caused $30 thousand in damage to the home of Chick-fil-A restaurant founder S. Truett Cathy, but the religious man who refuses to open his restaurants on Sunday has arranged for the teens to be punished by reading, writing, and staying away from TV.
In a deal Cathy worked out with their parents, the girls must write "I will not vandalize other people's property" 1 thousand times. They're also banned from watching TV and playing video games and must read a good book.
Cathy said he doesn't want them to pay him back. "I am not after money, I am after their attention," he said. "I want them to realize the importance of a good name and reputation." Cathy said he didn't want the girls to have a criminal record.
Police in New Smyrna Beach said the pre-teens broke into Cathy's home and smashed eggs, sprayed fire extinguishers, and wrote curse words on the walls.
Cathy said what upset him most were "bad words" scrawled throughout the house.
Police say the girls entered through an open back door at the home known as the Chick-fil-A Lodge between July 11 and 15. Police say they also had a food fight on the tennis court and poured vegetable oil on a dining room table so they could use it as a "slip and slide."
"I tried to be lenient with them, but wanted to punish them," Cathy said. "I wanted to show them there was a better way than the way they were going."
(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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