School Crimes

‘I’m going to commit manslaughter on Tuesday’: Teen allegedly threatens to kill classmates who bullied him for painting his nails

 ‘I’m going to commit manslaughter on Tuesday’: Teen allegedly threatens to kill classmates who bullied him for painting his nails
Bullies

Police in Lakeland, Florida, arrested a high school student for a Snapchat video where he allegedly threatened to kill his “hick” classmates who bullied for painting his nails. According to WFTS, Jared Gleydura, 18, was arrested Thursday after someone tipped off police about the alleged video. Officers allegedly took the Lakeland High School student to an …

‘Cold and callous’ teen who killed two classmates, wounded 14 saw shooting rampage as ‘science experiment’: Police
School Crimes
March 8, 2018

‘Cold and callous’ teen who killed two classmates, wounded 14 saw shooting rampage as ‘science experiment’: Police

A Kentucky teen who allegedly killed two classmates and wounded 14 had no remorse about the incident and saw it as a “science experiment,” police have alleged. WPSD reported that Marshall County Sheriff’s Captain Matt Hilbrecht described Gabriel Parker, now 16, as being “cold” and “callous” when interviewing him after the January 23 shooting that left 15-year-olds Bailey …

Court overturns conviction in fatal school bathroom attack
School Crimes
March 4, 2018

Court overturns conviction in fatal school bathroom attack

Cellphone video of the attack, which gained national attention, shows Joyner-Francis struggling to fight back and escape as she is repeatedly hit and kicked in the head while her assailant holds on to her hair.

‘Are y’all ready to die?’ School bus driver taunts kids before veering off road, killing six
School Crimes
March 2, 2018

‘Are y’all ready to die?’ School bus driver taunts kids before veering off road, killing six

A former school bus driver in Tennessee was found guilty Thursday of causing the crash that killed six children. A Chattanooga court convicted Johnthony Walker, 25, of six counts of criminally negligent homicide in connection with the November 21, 2016, accident that killed Zoie Nash, 9; D’Myunn Brown, 6; Cordayja Jones, 9; Keonte Wilson, 8; Zyaira Mateen, 6; and Zyanna Harris, …

Georgia teacher in custody after report of shots at school
School Crimes
February 28, 2018

Georgia teacher in custody after report of shots at school

DALTON, Ga. (AP) — Police officers responded Wednesday to a Georgia high school after reports of shots fired and a teacher barricaded in a classroom, authorities said. Police in Dalton tweeted that the teacher was in custody and no children were ever in danger. A student apparently suffered an ankle injury running inside the school …

Deputy never entered school during mass shooting ‘because he believed the gunfire was coming from outside’: Attorney
Mass shooting
February 26, 2018

Deputy never entered school during mass shooting ‘because he believed the gunfire was coming from outside’: Attorney

By KELLI KENNEDY, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The sheriff’s deputy assigned to guard the Florida high school that was the scene of a mass shooting never entered the building to confront the suspect because he believed the gunfire was coming from outside, his attorney said Monday. Scot Peterson has …

Shooting survivors endure new assault from vicious online trolls who accuse them of being ‘crisis actors’, attention seekers
School Crimes
February 22, 2018

Shooting survivors endure new assault from vicious online trolls who accuse them of being ‘crisis actors’, attention seekers

By ALINA HARTOUNIAN, Associated Press One student was teased about being a “brown, bald lesbian.” Another was the target of conspiracy theorists who claimed he was really an actor. When a group of teens posed for a photo, they were accused of lapping up attention from the news cameras and “partying like rock stars.” Just days …