Honors student allegedly pistol-whips mom to get car

By Rebecca Dube

Honors student, model United Nations participant, varsity athlete, Ivy League bound… sounds like the kind of perfect teenager every mother wants, right?

But one 17-year-old Florida girl who fits that description is now accused of pistol-whipping her mother to force her to co-sign a loan for a car. Yikes!

Rachel Hachero allegedly hit her mother in the head with a gun (which turned out to be stolen), pointed it at her head and threatened to kill her mother if she didn’t co-sign for the car. They went to the dealership, and Rachel drove away in a black 2004 Nissan 350Z. She was later arrested.

The mother told NBC News she didn’t want to comment – and who can blame her? Without more information, it’s impossible to know for sure what went on here: Is Rachel a good kid who just snapped? Did she fall in with the wrong crowd? Or did she have a dangerous attitude of entitlement?

But it’s a cautionary tale for every family – “perfect” isn’t everything.