Staten Island mom Deborah Berardi is a casual gamer, but she's pretty hardcore. Berardi is accused of helping her twin sons clean up the scene of a beating they'd delivered, then going inside and playing Frontierville on Facebook.
The trouble started on July 5, when Berardi's twin sons reportedly beat down a neighborhood rival in front of her house. The attack was severe enough that victim was left with with a broken nose, a broken eye socket and a cracked skull. He was convulsing on the sidewalk, and folks on the scene say 55 year-old Berardi pushed a witness who tried to help the victim and snarled "Let him choke." Then, they say she broke out a garden hose and began cleaning the blood-soaked concrete and the victim himself .
After the excitement of the alleged assault died down, Berardi went inside and fired up Frontierville, posting an update saying she "needs hammers in order to complete a general store."
Hardcore, right?
She was taken to jail and charged with second-degree gang assault, second- and third-degree assault, second-degree harassment and fourth-degree criminal facilitation. Shortly after her release from the poke, Berari was playing Cafe World on Facebook.
According to Berardi, the police have made a mistake. "The whole thing is wrong. Everything is wrong," she said. "It wasn’t that way, and that’s all I have to say. And we’ll straighten it out in front of a grand jury."
"I wasn't playing Frontierville on Facebook! I was one-shotting noobs in Halo: Reach!" Berardi did not tell reporters.
Source: SILive
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TheMilkMonster
all joking aside....hopefully they all get what they deserve
foxyesmer
She's not hardcore. I would have gone back inside 2 play Left4Dead. My kids know how to clean up after themselves.
Kate_McDermott
Mmmh, the Berardi family. Shouldn t you be inviting them to your next get together party soon?
http://scallywagandvagabond. com/2010/07/deborah-berardi-an d-her-twin-boys-beat-the-crap- out-of-beka-bekouri/
Kate_McDermott
Of course, what s a neighborhood with blood spilling? Good thing she took the hose out
http://scallywagandvagabond. com/2010/07/deborah-berardi-an d-her-twin-boys-beat-the-crap- out-of-beka-bekouri/
Kate_McDermott
Of course, what s a neighborhood with blood spilling? Good thing she took the hose out
http://scallywagandvagabond. com/2010/07/deborah-berardi-an d-her-twin-boys-beat-the-crap- out-of-beka-bekouri/
Dragoonz99
this just in, a 50 year old man slaughtered young children while they slept in their beds, and then went home to play Modern Warfare 2, in which he won by calling in a nuclear strike. he is being brought in for questioning, as numbers show it was impossible for him to call a nuke at that time
Who the hell cares if she played some stupid game on facebook? its news articles like this that make ignorant parents blame video games for their kids' violence, instead of their own crappy parenting.
forget the fact she played farmville, just report that she cleaned up the crime scene
kdc2g
You know, it can be hard to procure all the tolls required to build a general store in Frontierville. I can relate to her on that, and understand her wanting to send out frequent updates to her friends for help.
Her letting a stranger convulse and choke on her front lawn? Not so much...
Why13
I live on Staten Island too, and we are suddenly popular thanks to the Jersey Shore!
SexyRyu28
I live is Staten Island... How come I never hear this crap? Oh wait, is Staten Island, we don't matter to the rest of NYC.
PersonaShin
...Seriously? As interesting as that was can't we get back to the gaming?
Djplayboii
Haha what a nub!
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