Police say Roberson lost her job six weeks ago and guilted her sons and some of the others into committing the robberies to pay for rent and a car loan.
Many of the robbery victims were also youngsters and were physically assaulted.
One 13-year-old victim was beaten up and forced to empty his pockets -- which contained only an orange lollipop.
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