Number One Grandma Prays Grandson Doesn't Get Her That Slogan On A Heavy Mug

That would mean another owie for one Missouri grandpa:

A teenager is accused of hitting his 64-year-old grandfather with a metal pipe because he wouldn't give him money to buy a cell phone.

The blow caused a gash in the older man's forearm and knocked him to the ground, police said.

William Christopher Shannon, 17, is facing a felony count of elder abuse in the altercation. He was being held Tuesday in the St. Charles County Jail on $25,000 bail.

Shannon lives in the 3400 block of Wilshire Avenue with his grandfather and grandmother, 72. He got into the quarrel with them a few hours after he was released from the St. Charles City Jail on Sunday.

Police said he had been incarcerated earlier for felony stealing. According to court records, Shannon had bought gasoline using his grandparents' credit card without first getting their permission.

Police have been called to the grandparents' residence 19 times in the past 10 months for domestic situations between Shannon and his grandparents. In addition, court records show that Shannon has been arrested 15 times since he turned 17. Besides domestic assault, the charges include: property damage, tampering, stealing a motor vehicle, carrying a concealed weapon and peace disturbance.

Shannon admitted to authorities Sunday that he had swung a pipe at his grandfather. However, police said they were unable to recover the weapon because Shannon's grandmother refused to let them in the home, saying nothing had happened.

It was unclear whether the older man sought medical attention for his injuries.

Make sure you click -- the lad has the face of a poet.

I normally take a dim view of adults abandoning kids, but these folks need to enter some kind of grandparent protection program. They can resurface in Sedona, Arizona with new names and a tragic tale of the rheumatic fever that shattered their hopes of having children.