B.M. v. State

B.M., a child, and W.M. and C.M., parents of B.M., appeal a restitution order in the amount of $135,523.62. Case numbers 98-1883 and 98-2437 have been consolidated for purposes of appeal.

On November 3, 1997, B.M. and four other minor co-defendants, T.F., T.K., M.K., and D.V., broke into the home of the victim, Lucian Smith, stealing several items of personal property, including a firearm, and vandalizing the contents of the home, believing it to be abandoned by a drug dealer. B.M. and his co-defendants attempted to “hot-wire” a Porsche in the adjacent garage, causing a fire which destroyed…