Posted on 09/27/2005 12:22:54 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Four Central Florida middle school students were arrested Monday for allegedly ripping off the clothes off classmates and then snapping photos with their cell phones, according to a Local 6 News report.
Investigators said the boys, ages 12, 13 and 14 years old, attacked the girls Friday at Tavares Middle School in Lake County, Fla., in the back of a school bus. The boys then allegedly groped the girls and took pictures of them.
Cell phone video allegedly showed one of the girls screaming for help while the boys touch her breasts, according to the report.
Police said the attack continued after the boys got off the bus when they pulled another girl by her hair. When she fell, detectives said they put their hands up her skirt.
Detectives said it is a crime that comes close to being rape, Local 6 reporter Jessica Sanchez reported.
"You forcibly hold someone down, you remove their clothing, you are fondling that person -- if these children had been adults, this is a crime, if convicted, they would be labeled sex offenders for the rest of their lives," Lake County sheriff's Sgt. Christie Mysinger said.
Police said two of the boys have confessed to taping the attacks with their cell phones, Local 6 News reported.
Also, police are looking at surveillance video from the school bus.
All of the boys face felony charges.
No suprise there.
It's been going on for a while. The little stupids have started documenting their crimes with cell phones.
If we are lucky, the victims will sue. That always gets the attention of the school system. The admins will ignore you until you haul them into court. Then they are willing to be your love slave to protect their little overpaid asses.
" A little cell time with Bubba here will straighten 'em out."
Sure you didn't mean bend 'em over"?
We were lucky our kids have never had to take a bus. It's just hard to believe that 2-4 kids were allowed to continue. People are afraid of being sued or just don't care enough to get involved anymore
What a surprise. Young, black hoodlums and thugs. But, it would have nothing to do with the rampant gangsta rap "lifestyle", would it? No, rap is just "culture", you know, part of "keeping it real". By the way, am I alone in thinking that the two lads on the left are more than 14 years old? Middle schoolers? Reform schoolers, maybe.
After seeing the picture of the perps, I would make a bet that 2 of them are baing raised by their Grandmothers and the other two are products of single mothers. I doubt there is a father in their homes.
IS it or isn't it Ben? You have a question mark there.
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Nothing to see here, just the hip-hop culture in action.
If diversity is our strength and Bush wants more of it on the supreme court, how about the thug on the bottom left?
Couldn't be much worse than Souter.
Most likely Dad hasn't been in the picture since conception. Or if he is around they probably learned it from him. Monkey see monkey do.
Well here's the link http://www.local6.com/news/5024272/detail.html All it says is "related to story".
34" aluminum L. Slugger with 900 BBs in head, then filled with polyurethane foam.
Not regulation but I can hit like Al Ueker with it at the cages. (Or is that Bob?)
"I wonder where their dads are ..."
Unknown. Not just the location of the father, the fathers are likely unknown.
LOL! One of the bus drivers I had in grade school was a real tough nut, too! I didn't like him at all! Looking back, he probably did us a favor by being "mean".
And had it been my daughter, seroius accidents would plague those boys.
Where are the "honor killings"?
I agree. My middle brother (always a problem child) had a 'come to Jesus meeting' with my Dad when he was 16. He's 43 now and still credits that event as a major turning point (attitude adjustment) in his life.
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