Article: Barrymore scion, wife attacked by group of teens.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

It was the rumored treasure of marijuana plants growing in the Mountain View, Calif., home of John Barrymore III that started the whole thing, investigators believe.

Arming themselves with a sock containing a heavy metal trailer hitch, a group of teen-agers from around the South Peninsula planned the home invasion of the 47-year-old scion of the famous acting family, according to police. Gathering by cell phone, they poured out of a Volkswagen and struck Wednesday afternoon.

Two days later, two of them were sobbing in a Palo Alto, Calif., court facing attempted murder and other felony charges and the rest were in juvenile lock-up. Barrymore was in ...

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