Judge "Really Really" Means It

Really:

• Giving him a mix of encouragement and tough words, a judge sentenced the teenager who masqueraded as a cop to nearly three months in youth custody for violating his home confinement.

  Judge Andrew Berman ordered the 15-year-old boy who famously impersonated a Chicago police officer earlier this year held in the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center until a Dec. 16 hearing to determine whether the youth has made any progress.

  The teen, whom the Tribune is not naming because he is a juvenile, has been held in custody since late August after prosecutors petitioned the court claiming he had violated his home confinement several times this summer.

  At a Sept. 17 hearing, the teen testified that his mother kicked him out of their South Side home for several days following an argument.

Whoops. Back up there. Mom kicked him out? Seems we have parenting issues in addition to the lack of a positive adult role model. We're going to say this stint won't straighten out a thing.