Boy gets woken up, beaten, PS3 stolen

It's not that we get a kick out of hearing this kind of stuff, but we do think it is interesting how much we hear about these kinds of thefts anymore. For every gas station robbery, we've got teenagers or pre-teens stealing PS3's or PSP's from other people's homes and hands, respectively. This time, a kid was sleeping in his locked home when three teens reportedly broke into his house and woke him up, demanding his stuff. The three amateur thieves proceeded to beat up the victim briefly, then made off with his PS3 and Xbox 360. Well, it didn't say that specifically in the report, but we doubt people would be stealing original PlayStations and Xboxes.

Why did the thieves wake the kid up? Sounds like a pretty dumb thing to do if you just wanted his stuff. Unless they were so dumb they couldn't actually find the consoles. Either way, make sure you guys have your doors double-bolted!