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12-year-old assaulted outside Pasco library (18 year old BOY?)
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| Jul 17, 2015
| WFTS
Posted on 07/18/2015 11:53:12 PM PDT by Dallas59
You would normally consider a library a safe place for kids, right?
Unfortunately, one Pasco County mother learned the hard way that's not always the case.
Her 12-year-old son reported to supervisors that an 18-year-old boy was pointing a knife at him and others inside Regents Park Library.
But what that supervisor did next could have cost the little boy his life.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 18yoman; assault; pascocounty
So when is an 18 year old with a knife, a boy?
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posted on
07/18/2015 11:53:12 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
18 year olds, are by definition, adults. They can marry, sign contracts, join the military, smoke tobacco, etc.
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posted on
07/18/2015 11:56:10 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: Dallas59
This is a very puzzling case. There’s no description of the suspect, nor of the library staff who covered up for him.
Strang. Very strange.
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posted on
07/19/2015 12:08:29 AM PDT
by
absalom01
(You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
To: absalom01
Anyone want to take bets on whether the 18 year old and the Library staffer are of protected class/race?
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posted on
07/19/2015 12:36:02 AM PDT
by
rikkir
(Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
18 year olds, are by definition, adults. They can marry, ...
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True that an 18 y/o is considered an adult.
Don’t know if law in TX has changed, but when I married at 19 and wife at 17 the law required signed permission by parents.
I was active duty Navy at the time and we married about 3 days before her HS graduation.
Was a really bad decision on my part. Only lasted about 8 years. Wife #2 and I lasted more than 25 years!
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posted on
07/19/2015 12:42:21 AM PDT
by
octex
To: octex
Probably because she was 17. I needed my parent’s signature to join the Army Delayed Entry Program at 17 but just my own to go active duty a year later.
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posted on
07/19/2015 12:44:49 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: octex
Ref.#5
I forgot to say the law in TX at the time required anyone below the age of 21 to have parental agreement to marry.
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posted on
07/19/2015 12:45:14 AM PDT
by
octex
To: absalom01
Theres no description of the suspectI know it is sad, but nowadays, that is the first thing I look for.
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posted on
07/19/2015 12:50:10 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(When I see the mountain, covered with snow, fallen from Heaven above. Makes me feel so small)
To: Dallas59
WTF?? They name the victim but do not mention the name of the 18 yo adult that was arrested.
They don't mention the librarian's name either.
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posted on
07/19/2015 12:51:11 AM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Dallas59
They refer to the 18 yo adult as 'the older boy' 3 times in the article.
This is in West Tampa Bay Florida.
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posted on
07/19/2015 1:00:23 AM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Dallas59
Heck child is now defined as a 26 year old in flannel pajamas in mom’s basement thanks to Obama.
To: Ken H
I found him. He was charged with AGG ASSAULT W/ DEADLY WEAPON and spent a night in jail released the next day on $2500 bond.
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posted on
07/19/2015 1:17:03 AM PDT
by
A. Morgan
(Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
To: absalom01
This is a very puzzling case. Theres no description of the suspect, nor of the library staff who covered up for him. Sounds like the 12-year-old went to the librarian and complained that the 18-year-old threatened him with a knife. In response, the librarian kicked them all out of the library the 12-year-old and 18-year-old whereupon the 18-year-old continued to threaten the 12-year-old.
Grossly negligent on the part of the librarian! She needed to call 911. If the 12-year-old had been killed, it ought to be upon the head of the library's jurisdiction and taxpayers!
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posted on
07/19/2015 1:43:50 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: A. Morgan
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posted on
07/19/2015 2:05:13 AM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Dallas59
All I can say is that I would have had the police in and the guy would have been arrested no problem.
There just isn’t any excuse here.
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posted on
07/19/2015 6:14:37 AM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: cynwoody
A neighboring town has a library where some children head after school (as an unpaid daycare) and wait for their parents to get home from work; they are disruptive, but I couldn’t see any being tossed out after being threatened with a knife...
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posted on
07/19/2015 7:29:04 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: cynwoody
Grossly negligent on the part of the librarian!
Being that this librarian works with kids, doesn't that make her a "mandated reporter?" If she notices anything unusual about the kids, such as evidence of abuse, or violent behavior, I would think she's mandated by law to contact CPS and/or law enforcement. This library is in New Port Richey, near the Social Security and VA offices. And the fact they didn't identify the suspect, even though he's 18 makes me wonder if he's "just starting to turn his life around". AHEM! COUGH COUGH!
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posted on
07/19/2015 9:45:51 AM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I needed my parents signature to join the Army Delayed Entry Program at 17 but just my own to go active duty a year later. Same with me; enlisted in the Navy at 17 right out of high school, and needed the parental signature. Turned 18 in the last few weeks of boot camp.
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posted on
07/19/2015 11:18:08 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: absalom01
This is a very puzzling case. Theres no description of the suspect, nor of the library staff who covered up for him. Maybe he was a "Dreamer". You know, one of those recently-arrived Obama "children" with facial hair?
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posted on
07/19/2015 11:24:07 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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