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Seventh Grader Charged Assault - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 12th May, 2007 - 2:52am
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Seventh Grader Charged With Assault
What it started as a bad "joke" ended up with serious criminal charges. Do you think the police is overreacting or they are right?
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| A Utah middle school student is charged with assault after poking other students with a pin. A 13-year-old boy's idea of a joke landed him in trouble with his school and with police. He now faces criminal charges. On Tuesday a student used a straight pin to poke at least five students Spring Creek Middle School in Providence. Police say this kind of thing isn't funny and it's also a health risk. Right at the end of school, after the final bell had rang, as kids walked down the hall a seventh grade student randomly started poking kids with a straight pin attached to the end of a pencil. Cache County Sheriff Lynn Nelsen said, "I think it caused a little bit of blood from some of those pin pricks, and I think that's where the real concern came with the parents." The health department says rightfully so. In February when students at nearby Logan High School jokingly jabbed fellow students with sowing needles the health department took blood samples from more than 60 kids to check for hepatitis and HIV... |
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