Posted on 02/11/2006 4:11:34 PM PST by Revel
Boy charged with felony for carrying sugar
BY JUSTINA WANG A 12-year-old Aurora boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project this week has been charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug, Aurora police have confirmed.
The sixth-grade student at Waldo Middle School was also suspended for two weeks from school after showing the bag of powdered sugar to his friends.
The boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, said he brought the bag to school to ask his science teacher if he could run an experiment using sugar.
Two other boys asked if the bag contained cocaine after he showed it to them in the bathroom Wednesday morning, the boy's mother said.
He joked that it was cocaine, before telling them, "just kidding," she said.
Aurora police arrested the boy after a custodian at the school reported the boy's comments. The youngster was taken to the police station and detained, before being released to his parents that afternoon.
"This is getting ridiculous," said the boy's mother. "They treated my son like a criminal. .. . This is no way to treat a 12-year-old kid."
East Aurora School District officials declined to comment on the case, citing privacy issues.
The district issued a written statement, which said: "The dangers of illegal drugs and controlled substances are clear.
Could get probation "Look-alike drugs and substances can cause that same level of danger because staff and students are not equipped to differentiate between the two."
The school handbook states that students can be suspended or expelled for carrying a look-alike drug.
Penalties for juveniles are decided on a case-by-case basis, but if convicted, the sixth-grader could likely face up to five years' probation, said Jeffery Jefko, deputy director of Kane County juvenile court services.
Juveniles who have prior criminal records could also be placed in a residential treatment program if convicted, he said.
Aurora Beacon-News
More of that astounding hypocrisy. Neither of us has the right to violate the drug laws of our states and nation.
Wrong again. There is one way, push and support the passage of laws at the federal level that repeal such tyrannical anti-freedom laws and regulations.
That's not a violation of the law. You're spluttering.
"Dope = Liberty
Not."
prozac = liberty
ritalin = liberty
xanex = liberty
Yes.
just to name a few dopes which are equated with liberty.
When purchased in the black market?
Exactly and that is how to legally use currently illegal drugs, by legally changing the laws and regulations dealing with such drugs before hand.
A vile pipe dream.
"When purchased in the black market?"
Is there anything on the planet not sold somewhere in the
"black market?" I must assume prozac is no exception...but I am convinced it would be safer and cheaper to purchase it from your doctor if you are interested.
hmmmmm , I recall once [1976?] my Dad looking pale and saying he needed to talk to me as I returned home one day
... I had just got back from a sailboat delivery and Mom had done my laundry
... she found the small relish jar with baking soda & sea salt that I used to brush my teeth
No, a legal dream.
Not a pharmacy?
Doctors as drug dealers, selling you the dope that defines your "freedom".
Ping me when it's law.
Given that the voters at state level have voted to legalize weed nearly every time it's to a vote, it will become law in a few years.
So, you don't want narcotics to be freely available to everyone?
Define 'everyone'. Or how about you just ask a nonloaded question.
Are you suggesting we change to a pure democracy where the citizens vote on every issue? Are you more comfortable with that method of self-governing?
No, I am stating that there is political capital in the movement with large numbers of voters for it and it is not just a small number of extremists.
In other words a lot of voters support legalizing weed.
Last year a sixth grade girl at my school brought a butcher knife to school with the intention of stabbing another girl who had stolen her boyfriend. The only reason it didn't happen was because another kid saw the handle and reported it to a teacher.
Last year a sixth grade girl at my school brought a butcher knife to school with the intention of stabbing another girl who had stolen her boyfriend. The only reason it didn't happen was because another kid saw the handle and reported it to a teacher.
Ack! double post! I'm too old to do that
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