Teens Catching Heat For Bad Behavior
Young people have been getting in trouble lately, for incidents ranging from making bomb threats to burglary. And, in Wauwatosa, teens have been the victim of a frightening crime: carjacking.
We've had quite a few stories recently about young people getting into trouble. Here are a few of the biggest incidents involving teenage suspects.
The bullied 17-year-old boy who wrote a bomb threat in a Greendale High School bathroom in an attempt to get the homecoming dance canceled will be spending a week in jail. The judge called the threat a "terroristic act."
An 18-year-old Sussex man was charged with a Menomonee Falls burglary. The teen was accused of sneaking into a home with several friends and stealing change, cash, a computer and collectible dolls.
Four Whitefish Bay Middle School students are facing juvenile charges and school disciplinary measures after they were accused—and caught on video—pulling unloaded bb guns on other members of the basketball team.
In Menomonee Falls, six people were arrested after a fight at the high school. Four of them were students, and the other two were from Milwaukee, called to the fight by a teen at the center of the altercation.
In Wauwatosa, teens have been the victims in a spate of carjackings near the Milwaukee-Wauwatosa border. A 17-year-old girl was pulled from her car after work. Later, three friends of the girl went through the same thing.
Jaime Lannister
9:33 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
"The judge called the threat a 'terroristic act.'"
The best thing that judge can do for his community would be to step down and find employment elsewhere. It serves no one to dilute the meaning of the word terrorism by applying it to high school pranksters.
Craig
1:42 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Were you privy to the evidence? Do you know any of the factual information?
Keep coddling the little bastard until he becomes a mass murderer- is that what you want?
Buck Star
8:06 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Bomb threat= act of terrorism. Period.
Randy1949
11:17 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
Bombs, or threats of bombs, are a very serious business. Because the authorities have to take things like that seriously and waste time and manpower checking to see if there is a bomb or not.
The sad part is that this young man had been bullied (terrorized) himself but lacked the maturity to respond in an appropriate way.
Terry
9:18 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
Here is a definition for you Jamie.
Terroristic Threat Law & Legal Definition: A terroristic threat is a crime generally involving a threat to commit violence communicated with the intent to terrorize another, to cause evacuation of a building, or to cause serious public inconvenience, in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience. It may mean an offense against property or involving danger to another person that may include but is not limited to recklessly endangering another person, harassment, stalking, ethnic intimidation, and criminal mischief.
If anything is being diluted here, it is your attempt to minimize the serious nature of what occurred.
Born Free
2:32 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
The Jerry Springer Generation.
AWD
1:42 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
@Jaime Lannister, I agree with your statement. The term 'terrorism' has become a catch-all, similar to the term 'assault weapon'. This Judge should be impeached for such a radical point of view. We have kids getting suspended from school for brining a BB gun on to school property and just recently a young child was booted out of school for drawing a picture of a gun. Terrorism is destruction of people or property by people not acting on behalf of an established government for the purpose of redressing a real or imaginary injustice attributed to an established government and aimed directly or indirectly at an established government. This Judge is a putz.
Buck Star
5:55 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Terrorism is destruction{or threat of} of people or property{a school?} by people not acting on behalf of an established government{a lone student} for the purpose of redressing a real or imaginary injustice{being bullied} attributed to an established government{person or group} and aimed directly or indirectly at an established government{person or group}
With a full and complete definition you described the Greendale event. Kudos!
dsaff
6:38 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Blame the parents. Keep an eye on your kids.
Lika Phipps
9:32 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Well, since the parents can't seem to raise these kids right, it takes a court of law to try them as terrorists. Maybe people should start taking more personal responsibility for their own actions.