Three Plead Guilty in Attack at Leesville, LA, High School Graduation Practice

Alexandria, LA, Daily Town Talk ^ | 06-26-03 | Staff

[Theodore R.]

LEESVILLE - Three Leesville High School graduates pleaded guilty Wednesday to battering a fellow classmate following graduation rehearsal.

Another student caught the entire incident, which was witnessed by school staff members, on videotape.

Courtney Booth, 18, Byron Smith, 18, and Jason Leacock, 19, all of Leesville, were fined $200 for the May 16 incident on the Leesville High School football field.

[Theodore R.]

A baseball coach and a football coach witnessed the assault and did nothing to stop it, Leesville Police Chief Bobby Hickman said.

Why would this not be negligence on the part of the school administration? Does one see the possibility of a civil suit being filed here?

[ChiefKujo]

Ah Leesville... Know it well from my stay at FT. Polk before there was a JRTC.

[tbpiper]

A baseball coach and a football coach witnessed the assault and did nothing to stop it,

Thought it was (another) group 'Jackass' stunt? Or maybe everybody in Leesville is a WWE fan.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Statement: "The school superintendent is out of town."

Response: Waxing cynical. He, she, it took a first class flight $4,500. Adding his girl friend and pleasure boy Benji $9,000. The Hotel suite $6,500, the limo, the shopping spree $100,000, etc. All the aforementioned at taxpayer expense. (The occasion for the trip being a seminar: "Adding Pottery Making To Your Districts Curriculum.")Three weeks in Maui.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A recent study by the American Psychiatric Association has indicated that repeated exposure to Pomp and Circumstance can cause violent behavior in adolescent males.