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.
Im concerned that their parents may not have raised them to respect the ladies.....zzzzzzzzz
Speechless
Excellent candidates for the Clinton ReFoRm school.
or maybe they're just recent graduates ;-?
Has anybody stopped to consider that the boys may have simply been keeping it real?
Make an example of them and prosecute the parents.
Life in jail.
A little cell time with Bubba here will straighten 'em out.
Only insofar as the girls weren't consenting to the advances...
And people wonder why I don't let my kids ride the bus. This happened to a girl I know...in 1978
Parents should be arrested for giving the kids cell phones...what does a 12 or 13 year old have thats so important to say ?
Good. I hope the little pri**s get more than a slap on the wrist and a day or two in a juvenille detention center.
It's a crime. Felony.
Too bad the young hoodlums weren't brung up right. No father worthy of the name would raise his sons to behave this way.
Too bad the young ladies weren't armed.
Geld them...
Nope. They got caught. If they loose their law license, then maybe.
Boyz will be Boyz
I'm a Louisville Slugger kind of a guy myself. Personal preference really because the handle is a bit thinner for better grip! :)
If it happened on the bus, why didn't the bus driver radio for police for assistance, then pull over and have the boys taken in.
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