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An enraged father who disapproved of his daughter's older boyfriend went to his home and castrated him with a bread knife. Helmut Seifert, 47, an ethnic German originally from Russia, was enraged when he heard his 17-year-old daughter was having a relationship with Phillip Genscher, 57. He went to police in the town of Bielefeld where he lives but officers said they were powerless to intervene. "The man then recruited two work colleagues at his factory and then went to the house of the victim," said police. "The man was forced to remove his trousers and, fully conscious, he was...

Student expelled for bread knife to return to class 03/21/2002 Associated Press BEDFORD - An honors student expelled from a North Texas school after a bread knife was discovered in the back of his pickup truck will return to classes Friday after school district officials reduced his punishment. Taylor Hess, expelled from L.D. Bell High School in Hurst two weeks ago, will return after an agreement between Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district officials and his parents was reached Thursday. "Actually, what I was hoping for is exactly what I've got," Robert Hess, the youth's father, said after the hearing. Since his...

Public outrage has been mounting concerning the expulsion of an honor student after a bread knife was found in the bed of his truck. It appears Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District administrators are starting to feel the heat. HEB ISD Superintendent Gene Buinger held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to explain to reporters that the district is simply following state law, which mandates the expulsion of a student found with a knife on campus. Sixteen year-old Taylor Hess of Hurst was expelled from L.D. Bell High School for bringing a knife onto school grounds, but his family is taking a stab...

Expulsion by the book, superintendent says Administrators' hands tied by state, federal statutes, schools chief contends 03/20/2002 By LORI PRICE / The Dallas Morning News BEDFORD - The Hurst-Euless-Bedford schools superintendent said Tuesday that administrators' hands are tied in cases involving zero-tolerance policies. The acknowledgement followed the expulsion of an honor student who was found to have a knife on school property earlier this month. During a news conference Tuesday, Gene Buinger said that if school district administrators could untie state policies that sometimes bind their hands in student disciplinary matters, many of them might. But they can't. "School...