GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - It was a tough story to hear, but on Friday KJCT sat down and talked with Tanya Abbey, a single mother who is being forced to leave her apartment after her 13-year-old son stole a pair of shoes from Kmart.

"I don't know what I'm going to do," said Abbey.

Tanya's a single mother of three who has found herself in a tough spot.

She and her family won't be home for Christmas after her teenage son Oran got caught shoplifting a pair of shoes.

The act violated the family's lease.

"My shoes were getting warn out, it was getting cold and my feet were getting cold," said Oran.

Now he has much more to worry about than cold feet.

"[I feel] Like I let my mom down, like I let everyone down," adds Oran.

The manager of Garden Village gave us a general statement saying, "Any criminal activity on or near the premises is grounds for immediate eviction."

Young Oran says he didn't realize his actions would put his entire family at risk.

"I thought it would just affect me, I had no idea it would affect my mom or my brother and sister. I feel like if they should be kicking anyone out it should be me," said Oran.

"It just makes me feel horrible, it makes me feel like I can't even give my kids a Christmas now, I have to pack up my stuff and store it, instead of putting up a tree," said Oran.

So renters beware. For you never know when just one act could put you and your loved ones out on the street, even during the holidays.

"And for the whole family to be punished for it…that's just not, not cool, it's not right, it's heartless is what it is," said Tanya.

Now Tanya and her three little ones just hope they can find room at the Homeward Bound homeless shelter this holiday.

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Bottom line, the kid shouldn't have stole. I don't care if there were holes in his shoes, the mom should have done her job as a parent and bought him shoes and if she couldn't afford it then there are programs. I deal with this on a DAILY basis and I guarantee he had shoes, just not the ones he wanted. The mom is a real winner, she is an obvious tweaker and looked strung out in the video.

On the flip side how in the hell did the apartments find out. It's not public record on a juvenile. If anyone from the store blabbed they can and should be sued. Hell, half the time they don't publish information about adult shoplifters in the crime blotter.

There has to be more to this story. Like someone brought up on another website forum maybe there as other criminal activity liek thefts they were involved with or maybe it's a family thing and how many warning for other things have they had?