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Byline: Rebecca Dellagloria
May 27--The red Pontiac Grand Prix was a gift for getting good grades and staying out of trouble. Though he'd only had it a few months, T.J. Jacobs treasured his car -- cleaning it up, putting on new seat covers and thanking his stepdad, over and over again, for giving it to him. Early Friday, Jacobs took his car, his sister and four friends to celebrate the end of the school year at a party in Hialeah.
They never made it home. Police say 16-year-old Torin Jermaine Jacobs Jr. -- "T.J." to friends -- lost control of his car as he was speeding down 49th Street at about 80 mph around 2:30 a.m., ramming it into a pole at…