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An 18-year-old man was hit in the head with a brick after several fights erupted near Reading’s new Citadel intermediate high school shortly after students were dismissed Thursday afternoon, police said.
The victim suffered a cut to the side [...]
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Teen accused in Arrington shooting to be tried as an adult
By LISA THOMPSON
lisa.thompson@timesnews.com
Larry Lemon, the 18-year-old accused of gunning down another man in front of a convenience store in January, won’t get another chance in the juvenile justice system.
Judge William R. Cunningham has issued an order that rejects a defense request to [...]
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SWISSVALE, Pa. (AP) ? Police in suburban Pittsburgh say 11 middle school students have been arrested following an after-school fight.
Swissvale Police Chief Greg Geppert says the Woodland Hills Junior High School seventh and eighth graders began fighting while waiting to [...]
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ANOTHER STUDENT TASERED – What exactly do you expect the police to do?
In a fight that made national news at a basketball game at a Pittsburgh High School, law enforcement were called to stop the violence which resulted in several arrests and one student getting tasered.
In Pennsylvania, school staff are discouraged from intervening resulting in an [...]
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Another story out of Philadelphia where school staff are getting injured.
PA is one of those states that have gone to an unduly restrictive and inflexible policy and have experienced a vast increase in the use of law enforcement to manage situations that were previoulsy handled by teachers. Groups that have been instrumental in effecting this [...]
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Good thing police can still use prone restraint even though teachers cannot because the violence occuring in PA schools is not going away anytime soon.
It seems a bit absurd that teachers — the first and front line of defense – are being precluded from protecting themselves and other students and are being forced to rely [...]
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PA: Juvenile ‘wolf packs’ run amok in a wave of violent robberies & then given back to their parents and sent to their rooms
Enraged by a recent rash of robberies allegedly committed by teens, Upper Darby Police Superintendent said that those who draft legislation should spend a night on the streets of Upper Darby.
Last week, six “wolf-pack” robberies committed by males 14-to-17-years-old – in groups of three to eight – occurred throughout the township. All of them involved [...]
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