Many people were horrified at the death of 88-year-old World War II veteran Delbert “Shorty” Belton in the parking lot of his Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge. Belton survived the Battle of Okinawa where he was wounded but lost his life in a parking lot at the hands of teenagers Kenan Adams-Kinard and Demetruis Glenn, both 16, in Spokane, Washington. Now, it has been disclosed that Adams-Kinard says that the whole thing was a crack deal gone bad with Belton as the dealer in a type of Geriatric edition of Breaking Bad. The teen said that the whole thing started when they went to get a “zip of crack cocaine from Shorty,”
The allegation was contained in what is described as a letter to Adams-Kinard’s mother. An affidavit from prosecutors recounts how Adams-Kinard told two friends that the beating was the result of a drug deal gone bad and the letter signed by Adams-Kinard repeated the account. It stated “I took his wallet and another ounce of crack from his pockets. He was unconscious so I made sure he was still breathing, and then I took off.” Putting aside the image of an 88-year-old going to the parking lot of the Order of Eagles lodge to sell crack, it is a curious appeal to a mother that we were not doing anything beyond trying to buy “a zip of crack cocaine from Shorty.”
Not only the police, but even Glenn’s lawyer expressed skepticism over the claim of Shorty being a crack dealer.
This could make a situation even worse for Adams-Kinard unless he can prove it. Casting the elderly victim and war hero as a crack dealer is the type of thing that pushes prosecutors to seek the maximum penalty. Belton was barely five feet tall and appears to have tried to fight back during the gruesome beating.
Source: USNews
For those that doubt that the elderly don’t sell drugs to make ends meet are mistaken….
http://crazyinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2013/01/elderly-selling-off-their-norco-other.html
An ounce? Really? At the FOE???
The place must have changed since the last time I was there.
Next you’ll be tellin’ me Shorty had a stable of skeeza’s cruzin’ in his Coup De on 24 inch rims.
You go Shorty and put some pep in their step with your short man love.
Shorty is the one who knocks.
lie tht gentleman was no dealer and both of those idiots need to be drawn and quartered
It is hard to believe the crack dealing story, because dealers in general have to be users to know the quality of the stuff they are getting. Given his age, and the diminished cardiovascular capacity of older people, and the dangerous effects of crack on the demands of the heart, it sounds like a very unlikely story.
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Darren,
OT, but I just got a mailer daemon notice that your mailbox is full. FYI.
I don’t believe this crack cocaine business at all. But, they can cling to that story all they want, it is just as good a confession if I saw one.
Next they will retract the claim and say they just made it up because they were “scared” and they weren’t in the area to begin with during the murder.
AY, Our culture has little respect for elders. We are a youth culture, a Clockwork Orange youth culture.
If true…. It’s unfortunate that seniors have had to be reduced to this to supplement income…..
Bring back the death penalty ASAP and enforce it along with the existing immigration laws
Wow. Either an amazing story or a disgusting attempt to wiggle out of a brutal murder. I do not think it matters if they were buying or stealing cocaine from “shorty”. He is dead and he was beaten to death. These defendants are digging a deep hole for themselves.
“FOX NEWS” will drool all over this one…..
The best lies have an ounce of truth in them.
Wow! Boggles the mind, stupefying and WTF all rolled in to one.
I’ve seen too much in my life to say this account is impossible. Saying for the sake or argument it is true, it doesn’t lessen my disgust for these two thugs. Let’s be honest, Shorty looks like a guy who has done some drinking in his day. Continuing w/ the assumption he was selling crack, that is part of that pathology. And, for a guy who’s probably living off of SS and maybe some VA benefits, it’s a way to make some spending money. If it was a “deal gone bad” that only means they robbed Shorty. I heard a family member of Shorty interviewed on CNN. It was painfully obvious Shorty was not loved by his family, at least by this woman’s account. This is a modern day Shakespearean tragedy.
Crazy.
Doesn’t this make it worse even if he can prove it? Isn’t murder committed in the act of another felony an aggravated homicide?