8 yr-old charged with a felony...

vc1111 · 11-25-2009, 11:38 AM

Heard about this while traveling through Cleveland, OH...

Very strange....

http://salemnews.net/page/content.detail/id/519844.html

LISBON - An 8-year-old student at McKinley Elementary School in Lisbon has been charged in Columbiana County Juvenile Court for allegedly striking his school principal Helen Otto on the arm on Oct. 26.
Lisbon Police filed the assault charge, which would be a fifth-degree felony if committed by an adult, on Nov. 6.
County assistant Prosecutor Denise Weingart said the child had been having issues with going to school and began hitting at the principal and hit her on the forearm. Normally, an assault charge like that would be a misdemeanor, but because the victim was an administrator and the incident occurred on school property, the charge is elevated to felony status, which is a more serious charge.
No date has been set for the child's initial appearance in court.

thndrchiken · 11-25-2009, 12:39 PM

There you VC, just another example of the political correctness that you advocate for.

halfbakedi420 · 11-25-2009, 01:20 PM

this case will be thrown out. so should who-ever filed the charges....did he strike him with a machete!!!!!

Champlain Islander · 11-25-2009, 03:19 PM

He may have been in 8th grade but he was actually 19 years old

vc1111 · 11-25-2009, 03:30 PM

thundrchck

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There you VC, just another example of the political correctness that you advocate for.

Lol, clearly you're still stinging from our last exchange wherein I revealed your dim upstairs lighting.

So, let's see now...you maintain that charging an 8 yr old with a felony is an example of "political correctness?" Well, okay then, Skippy, whatever you say. (Fade in theme from the Twilight Zone)

And somehow it is something I "advocate for?" Your lack of English skills are only outdone by the inanity of your bizarre idea.

Go sit down, chickn...the smarting from the intellectual beating I gave you will fade eventually.

vc1111 · 11-25-2009, 03:33 PM

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He may have been in 8th grade but he was actually 19 years old

8 years
Funny, CI. But actually the kid was not in 8th grade, instead he was only 8 years old.

Mr. Conservatism · 11-25-2009, 04:06 PM

Principal must be a real sissy.

The Rev · 11-25-2009, 05:43 PM

In my day he would had got three licks and everything would have been fine..
I remember shooting a spit was at Gary Moore in the 7th or 8th grade, the spit wad had an upward spiral just then the teacher walked in and caught it on the left cheek... I got three licks... if this would have happened today I would have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon...

C. Davis · 11-26-2009, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by The Rev

In my day he would had got three licks and everything would have been fine..
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Yip, and those licks would have been love pats compared to what I had coming to me that night when my dad got home from work.

C. Davis

Champlain Islander · 11-26-2009, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by vc1111

8 years
Funny, CI. But actually the kid was not in 8th grade, instead he was only 8 years old.

I didn't read the post carefully but was more intent on injecting my dry Vermont humor....sorry. To the issue....IMO the incident shouldn't have escalated like that for an 8 year old kid. The fact that it was an administrator made it a felony. It is the same kid regardless who he hit. If every 8 year old kid that hit someone were to be charged with a felony the jails would be full of kids. A child doesn't have the reasoning to over come anger.