Since when is armed robbery just across the line from "having a good time"

I was watching So You Think You Can Dance last night following which the headlines for the 10 o'clock news came on. Top story was about an armed robbery at a Smoothie King (which looked suspiciously like the one across the street from my work). Sure enough I was right. So apparently the story goes that on March 30th, 5 local highschool seniors hatched some plan to rob this store and in fact did so, with a gun. (News report can be read at: http://www.nbc4.com/news/9275046/detail.html

These comments from DCist.com illustrate how ridiculously this crime is being treated by those in the community:
"Whitman Students Charged In Robbery: "There's a fine line, sometimes, between going out and having a good time and committing armed robberies." Those words of wisdom come courtesy of Maryland State's Attorney Doug Gansler. He was referring to the five Walt Whitman High students who were charged yesterday with the armed robbery of a Smoothie King. NBC4 brings us the details of the alleged robbery: the kids netted $463 and celebrated at Pizzeria Uno's. Other key quotes from the story include their principal being "disappointed" that the students made "idiotic decisions", and the aforementioned Gansler lamenting that the crime was committed by young men from "good families" with "bright futures". Hmm... What's that noise? Could it be the sound of affluent white kids getting probation?"

My sentiments exactly. If the same crime had been perpetrated by 5 black kids do you think there would even be any discussion about how to proceed with prosecution? Simply ludicrous.