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Jose Menendez dragged his sons up the driveway of a mansion by the scruffs of their necks.

Lyle and Eric grimaced, but didn't resist.

They knew better than to argue when their father was this upset.

Jose let go of his sons, took a deep breath, and knocked twice.

A wealthy middle-aged woman opened the door.

He apologized for bothering her and introduced himself

as the father of two delinquents. He said his boys had stolen nearly $100,000 worth of jewelry from her home.

The woman's eyes grew wide as she watched Lyle and Eric pull gold and silver chains from

their pockets and hold them out to her.

Jose said his sons had already pawned some items and spent the cash,

but he would pay her back the exact amount that had been lost

if she promised not to press charges.

Still in shock, the woman agreed.

Jose reached in his pocket and wrote her a check for $11,000.

All this humiliation for pocket change.

Driving back to their own mansion, Lyle and Eric

sulked in the backseat. They waited for Jose to say something, anything, but he was silent the entire drive.

When they finally parked outside their house, he turned around, locked eyes with his sons, and told them,

If you ever embarrass me like that again,

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