It has been five long years since 13-year-old Marcellous Bennett and his older brothers pistol whipped and robbed a pizza delivery driver in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Since then, Bennett has been to juvenile detention and remains on probation for the crime. His older brothers, both members of local gangs, are still serving time in prison. But Bennett has made an unlikely ally, one who is now mentoring him and helping him stay away from trouble: the victim of his crime. 'I see a lot of myself in Marcell,' Brady Middleton, 24, told The Grand Rapids Press in a interview about their redemption story, from assailant and victim to close friends.
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Marcellous Bennett was 13 when he joined his older brothers in robbing a local pizza delivery driver, Brady Middleton, 19
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Five years later, Bennett and Middleton, of Michigan, have forged an unlikely bond and became close friends
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'With so much trust and how much he believe in me,' @placeholder told the paper, 'I don’t want to disappoint him.'