A judge denied bond for two teens charged with attempted murder after a sheriff said on Thursday that they were planning a ‘Columbine-style’ attack on their high school in Georgia. According to WGCL, police said a tip from a parent led them to the teens and their homes, where officers found flammable devices, a container …
Investigators say two Georgia teens will face felony charges, including intent to commit murder, after they made a threat against their high school, according to WGCL, a CBS affiliate in Atlanta. Deputies identified the teens as Alfred Dupree, 17, of Acworth and Victoria McCurley, 17, of Woodstock. Investigators said both teens will be charged as …
By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — There was evidence the Newtown school shooter had an interest in children that could be categorized as pedophilia, but there was no proof he acted on it, according to FBI documents released Tuesday. The records were among more than 1,500 pages of documents released by the FBI …
A Massachusetts mother claimed that employees of a children’s group home in Dracut shaved her 7-year-old child’s hair—then told the girl that her hair would grow back straight. Speaking with WBZ-TV, Denise Robinson said her daughter, Tru, had very long hair before a clinician at the Little Heroes Home took her to a salon where a …
A substitute teacher has been banned from a Texas elementary school after she allegedly duct-taped students’ mouths to keep them quiet, the Killeen Daily Herald reports. At the time of the incident, the educator was filling in for a fifth-grade class at Maxdale Elementary School in Killeen. The teacher, whose identity has not been released, …
A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, teacher was seriously injured Wednesday when a fourth grader’s mother allegedly attacked her following a dispute over a cellphone. KDKA reported that the student bit Janice Watkins, 46, (pictured) a teacher at Pittsburgh King PreK-8 School, after Watkins confiscated her phone. Sources said the girl’s parents came to the school, where the mother …
A Florida school district has been accused of blaming four third-grade girls for being molested by their teacher in 2005. The Sun Sentinel reported that the Palm Beach County School District has recently agreed to pay the four victims, who are now adults, $3.6 million to settle the lawsuit. The girls had accused Coral Sunset Elementary teacher Blake Sinrod …
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Authorities apprehended a 19-year-old student accused of fatally shooting a Texas Tech University police officer at the campus police station. University officials issued an alert saying the suspect was taken into custody Monday night and that the campus lockdown order had been lifted. In an earlier statement, the university identified the …
Parents in multiple California counties have been notified that a teacher may have contaminated flutes sent to elementary students with bodily fluid — specifically, semen. NBC News reports that federal authorities are investigating reports that flutes sent to elementary school children as part of a nonprofit outreach program called “Flutes of the World” may have …
MILTON, Vt. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a 17-year-old Vermont boy who killed himself a year after he was sexually assaulted by teammates on his football team. WCAX-TV reports the judge ruled Thursday that the Milton School District couldn’t be held responsible for Jordan Preavy’s death because …
A pastor at a Catholic church in Nebraska is out of a job after he reportedly asked students inappropriate questions during confession. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Rev. Nicholas Mishek, 26, has been dismissed from his position at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church in Omaha following complaints that he asked middle-school students questions about masturbation and pornography …
A federal appeals court let convicted rapist Ma’lik Richmond play in a college football game Saturday, despite efforts by his university to prevent that from happening, as reported by ESPN. Youngstown State University had sought to block Richmond, 21, from playing in the game, but he sued this week to challenge that decision. U.S. District …
