Posted on 06/01/2002 9:52:00 AM PDT by GrandMoM
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:20 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
ROGERS, Ohio (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy spent about $2 million in a science class buying a helicopter, a jet and other items over the Internet using a password belonging to a friend's mother, authorities said.
The Columbiana County Sheriff's Department said the boy made the purchases May 24 on the eBay auction Web site using a computer at Beaver Middle School in this eastern Ohio town about 40 miles south of Youngstown.
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--Boris
And not ONE mention of what the PARENTS INTEND TO DO!!!!
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