A few weeks ago I wrote about teens and crime and how vicious the patterns have become. Yesterday, it was reported a 15-year-old girl, Sharell Butler, was charged with the murder of two men. She is believed to be in a street gang.

The first victim, John Hopkins Drago, was allegedly stabbed in the head 40-50 times then stuffed in a plastic bag, with the assistance of her boyfriend, Robert Pastore, 19, who is also charged in the crime. The second victim, Christopher Umpierrie, was shot in a separate incident and died. Butler is being charged as an adult.

15-Year-Old Arrested in Bronx Man's Death

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested for the fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old man, whose body was found in a plastic bag, behind a Bronx building, last week. The Daily News reports, "Baby-faced Sharell Butler, known by pals as "Lady Red," was charged with murder, manslaughter and assault in the death of John Hopkins Drago, the adopted Russian son of a Bronx family."

The ME's office said Hopkins Drago had stab wounds on his head and body; the police say he was stabbed 40-50 times. Police suspect that Butler and Robert Pastore, 19, who is in custody, may have killed Hopkins Drago because they believed he told the cops about a robbery Pastore committed. A police source told the News, "We're going on the theory that he was killed because they thought he was a snitch."

Butler was also charged with second-degree murder, "in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old man during a home invasion this month in the Bronx," according to the NY Times, which added, "It was unclear whether there was any connection between the two killings." Butler allegedly was with another suspect when they tried to steal marijuana and cash from Christopher Umpierrie; the other suspect fatally shot Umpierrie...

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