TTAPR on February 2nd, 2012

Less than a year after he beat a woman at a Murrieta Chuck E. Cheese’s, the 17-year-old groped a woman at a playground. A woman who was jumped and beaten last year by a 16-year-old boy lurking in the ladies restroom at a Murrieta Chuck E. Cheese restaurant says the teen has struck again, groping [...]

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TTAPR on January 13th, 2012

A series of fights involving students from Santa Monica High School has resulted in suspensions and a stepped-up police presence near campus, officials say. The conflict began Jan. 5 after the school day ended, said Sgt. Richard Lewis, a spokesperson for the Santa Monica Police Department. An argument broke into a fight, and one participant [...]

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With fists flying on campuses and cellphones catching all the action, teachers face a growing dilemma. Do they intervene in fights and risk their own safety or catch criticism when videos show them hanging back and waiting for assistance? Nowhere is that playing out more dramatically than at Yolo High School, a continuation school in [...]

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The “worst of the worse” young criminals could return from state lockups to Stanislaus County under California’s projected “trigger cuts,” local authorities fear. Jill Silva, the county’s acting chief probation officer, said, “We’re not equipped to take them back.” Keeping young inmates in the state’s Division of Juvenile Justice could cost the county an extra [...]

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Campus officials report that a shooting took place Tuesday afternoon at the Haas School of Business. The suspect was seen carrying a gun. A staff member reported this to the police, who responded immediately. The suspect entered a computer room, where police followed him and asked him to put up his hands. The suspect then [...]

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TTAPR on November 8th, 2011

Five people were arrested in the shooting death of Morgan Hill resident Tara Romero, 14, a victim of an apparent drive-by attack Friday night. Romero was one of four teenage shooting victims who were walking through the neighborhood near Village Avante apartments when gunshots rang out through the sprawling residential complex. Other victims include a [...]

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TTAPR on September 29th, 2011

A Riverside high school was temporarily put on lockdown Wednesday after one person was killed and another injured in an apparent murder-suicide. A man shot a woman, then turned the gun on himself at Patriot High School’s parking lot in Jurupa Valley Wednesday morning, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Officials said no students [...]

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A lunchtime fight at Oakland High School Thursday left a 16-year-old girl with superficial knife wounds on her face, according to accounts from school district police officers at the scene and school district spokesman Troy Flint. Police said it appeared that the 16-year-old was injured after she and another student attacked a girl — who [...]

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A lunchtime fight at Oakland High School Thursday left a 16-year-old girl with superficial knife wounds on her face, according to accounts from school district police officers at the scene and school district spokesman Troy Flint. Police said it appeared that the 16-year-old was injured after she and another student attacked a girl — who [...]

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TTAPR on September 23rd, 2011

On Tuesday, September 20 at 12:11 PM Officer Scott Adams and other Blythe Police officers responded to the Palo Verde High School regarding a large fight with subjects armed with bats and crowbars. A Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy was already on scene and was requesting assistance. On arrival over one hundred students were in the [...]

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