A New Jersey school district has been ordered to pay a $9.1 million settlement to the family of Mallory Grossman, a 12-year-old student who died by suicide in 2017 after facing nearly a year of bullying at a Rockaway Township school. According to Fox News Digital, Dianne and Seth Grossman filed a wrongful death lawsuit …
The girl had reportedly emailed school officials about being bullied a week before her suicide
A Georgia teen is dead and his mother says it happened shortly after he told about reported bullies at Heard County High School in Heard County. According to 11Alive, 15-year-old high school freshman Austin McEntyre told his mother, Lisa, on November 4 that he was sick and wanted to stay home from school. When she …
The family of a 10-year-old Utah girl who died by suicide last year filed a notice on Wednesday that they would be suing a school district for $14.1 million for allegedly ignoring bullying that led to the girl’s death. KTVU reported that the letter accuses Davis Schools, Foxboro Elementary, and more than a dozen administrators …
Louisiana police arrested a substitute teacher on Monday for allegedly paying students to assault a classmate. On August 23, Aadrina Smith, 24, reportedly offered five students $5 each to tackle their classmate at North Caddo Elementary Middle School. Three of the students accepted Smith’s offer, and Smith congratulated them afterward, according to Louisiana Radio Network. …
A North Carolina middle school was shut down on Tuesday after an eighth-grader died by suicide on campus, according to reports. WRAL reported that Wendell Middle School students were sent home after Austin Pendergrass, 13, died following a “medical crisis” on school grounds. Officials did not disclose where or how the teen died. Pendergrass’ family …
A 14-year-old Missouri girl is reportedly on life support after bullying at school led her to attempt suicide earlier this month. On August 8, Mary Butler found her daughter, Spirit, unresponsive on the floor. KDSK reported that Spirit’s parents had multiple meetings with staff at Riverview Gardens High School about ongoing physical, emotional, and online …
The mother of an 8-year-old Connecticut boy who was accused of intentionally lighting a younger child on fire in April not only denied those allegations but admonished the other child’s family for using the incident for financial gain. Laura Giacobbe, 45, told the Daily Mail that the injured child, Dominick Krankall, had lit some gas …
A 6-year-old Connecticut boy seriously burned in April was not intentionally hurt, undercutting claims that he was targeted by an older child who threw a gasoline-soaked ball at him. In a statement, Bridgeport police said they reviewed surveillance footage which showed no evidence that Dominick Krankall was intentionally lit on fire by any other children. Police …
A 6-year-old Connecticut boy was severely burned on Sunday when he was reportedly struck in the face with a tennis ball that had been doused with gasoline and lit on fire. According to WNBC, Dominick Krankall suffered second- and third-degree burns to his face and legs in the attack which occurred in Bridgeport. Police said …
A 10-year-old Utah girl who killed herself last year was told by peers and teachers that she smelled and should shower, according to the findings of a new investigation, CNN reports. As CrimeOnline reported previously, Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor committed suicide in November. At the time, her mother, Brittany Tichenor-Cox, had alleged that her daughter was being bullied …
Two 12-year-old girls were arrested this weekend for allegedly battering another child to the point she couldn’t breathe. According to the Logansport Police Department, the incident happened during a sleepover at a home in Logansport Friday night, with police being dispatched to the residence Saturday morning at around 7:30 a.m. “From the stuff that I’ve …
