Juveniles

Juveniles
August 14, 2025

15-Year-Old Boy Kills Aunt, Uncle, & Grandmom at Birthday Party

A 15-year-old North Carolina boy is facing criminal charges for allegedly fatally shooting his aunt, uncle, and grandmother on Tuesday. A 10-year-old in Trotter’s Ridge reportedly called 911, leading police to the bodies of Danny Richards and Sabrina Richards, 57 and 54. The man’s mother, Clara Richards, 74, who was also found wounded at the …

Juveniles
July 24, 2025

17-Year-Old Boy Appeared ‘Totally Normal’ After Strangling Paddleboarder

Maine prosecutors filed a motion on Monday to charge a 17-year-old boy as an adult for killing a paddleboarder earlier this month. The teen — who has been named in some media reports  — has not been formally charged as an adult for murdering Sunshine Stewart, 48. WABI reported that a denial of the prosecutors’ …

Juveniles
July 17, 2025

17-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Strangling Paddleboarder & Dumping Her Body on Remote Island

On Wednesday, Maine police arrested a 17-year-old boy for killing a woman who was found dead earlier this month. The Midcoast Villager reported that the teen was arrested without incident in Union. On July 3, Sunshine Stewart, 48, was found dead at Crawford Pond in Union. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta ruled …

Juveniles
July 3, 2025

‘I Prefer Girls, but I Also Babysit Boys’: 16-Year-Old Boy Who Collected & Created Child Porn Sought Babysitting Gigs on Facebook

A 16-year-old boy in South Dakota was charged with possessing and creating child sex abuse materials. The teen’s adoptive father reported him to police, claiming he had sent child pornography to his younger brother, who also lived in the home. An investigation uncovered that the teen had hundreds of sexually-explicit videos and photos of children …

Juveniles
June 16, 2025

15-Year-Old Allegedly Raped 7-Year-Old Nonverbal Boy on School Bus

A 15-year-old Indiana boy was charged as an adult last week for raping a 7-year-old disabled boy in April. Jennings Circuit Magistrate Judge Christopher Doran deemed suspect Landon Doty a “predator” whose rehabilitation is beyond the scope of the juvenile court system. Doran ordered the case out of juvenile court, noting that a school bus …

Juveniles
May 22, 2025

13-Year-Old Girl Uses Jujitsu to Fight Off Attacker

A 13-year-old California girl used moves she learned in a martial arts class to fight off a man who attacked her on the way home from school earlier this month, and police are still trying to identify the attacker. The incident took place in Carmel-by-the-Sea on May 6, KSBW reported. “Halfway home, a gentleman was …

Juveniles
May 2, 2025

‘This went way beyond hazing’: 11 High School Lacrosse Players Turn Themselves In After Staging Kidnapping, Stuffing Younger Student in Car Trunk

Numerous high school lacrosse players in New York are facing charges following an alleged hazing prank that spiraled out of control. Onondaga County First Chief Assistant District Attorney Joseph Coolican announced on Wednesday that all 11 Westhill High School lacrosse players suspected of hazing a teammate in Syracuse have turned themselves in. CNN reports that …

Bullies
April 28, 2025

10-Year-Old Boy Kills Himself After Being Bullied by Teacher Who Called Him ‘Stupid’

Two parents filed a lawsuit against a Florida school district last week, two years after their 10-year-old son died by suicide. Marion County student Louis Johnson reportedly shot himself in April 2023. Johnson’s mother and father have accused Dawn White, a fifth-grade teacher at Legacy Elementary in Ocala, of bullying their son and encouraging other …

Juveniles
April 28, 2025

15-Year-Old Accused of Raping 7-Year-Old Boy on Special Needs School Bus

A 15-year-old Indiana boy has been charged with raping a 7-year-old boy on a school bus earlier this month. The boy was initially detained a day after the April 16 incident, which reportedly transpired on a Jennings County school bus for students with disabilities. WTHR reported that the assault was captured on the bus’ security …