Aug 4, 2006 6:34 am US/Eastern
Cops: Malcolm X's Grandson Smashes Shop Window
YONKERS, N.Y. (CBS/AP) ―
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The grandson of Malcolm X, pictured here, is in trouble with the law again.
AP
Malcolm X's grandson has been arrested after punching a hole in a Yonkers doughnut shop's window, sending shattered glass onto two patrons. Yonkers police say 21-year-old Malcolm Shabazz was picked up at about one a-m in Mount Vernon. He's charged with reckless endangerment, assault and criminal mischief.
The two patrons, a 19-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, suffered cuts from the glass and were taken to a hospital. Police say They were just sitting in the place and here comes this guy from outside and he put his fist through the window.
It's not the first time Malcolm Shabazz has been in trouble.
He was released from prison this year after serving time for a 2002 attempted-robbery conviction in Middletown, New York.
He also was blamed for the death of his grandmother and Malcolm X's widow, Betty Shabazz, in 1997 after he set fire to her Yonkers apartment. He was 12 at the time and was staying with her because his mother was having trouble handling him.
He pleaded guilty to the juvenile equivalents of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree arson and spent time in various juvenile centers, escaping at least twice but being recaptured.
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