Juvenile delinquent report: North America

By Stone Martindale Mar 30, 2007, 20:32 GMT

More rotten kids in the news.  Recently we reported on the Georgia 7th grader with a rap sheet as long as any hardened criminal, and now we have received reports that more juvenile delinquents are up to no good in North America:

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA.- 2 Students Accused Of Poisoning Teacher. Two 12-year-old students at a Bainbridge Island school poisoned their teacher on Thursday because they didn't want to attend class, police said. "Police said the two girls knew the teacher was allergic to strawberries when they put strawberry-flavored lip gloss in the teacher's coffee cup and water bottle."

This incident happened at Sakai Intermediate School, the teacher had an allergic reaction and became ill, according to police.  Police said one of the students had forgotten to bring in a signed progress report from her parent.

Both students admitted that they had intended to make the teacher sick, police said.

LONG ISLAND, NY- Sequoya Middle School had a mass poisoning of laxatives, reports a spokeswoman for the Sachem School District.  Doughnuts were laced with laxatives then fed to 18 students.

"Approximately 18 students ate the doughnuts," the district said in a statement. "Although the students are feeling well, the school is taking precautionary measures."

The district said it would take "appropriate disciplinary action."

TORONTO, ONT. - Bullies are using e-mail, text messaging and social networking sites in new forms of bullying their fellow students.

Reuters reports Cyber bullies are even forcing their girlfriends to undress in front of webcams and then making them send online to others.

"They're pressuring each other. This is particularly (true) for girls to send pictures of themselves with their tops off," said Professor Faye Mishna, of the University of Toronto, who has been researching the cyber abuse of children.

"Girls might send it to their boyfriend and she is pressured to do it thinking he's just going to see it. So she gives in and the next thing you know it's all over (the place)."

SPEARSVILLE, LA. - Two fifth-graders allegedly had sex on a classroom floor while two others fondled each other in the classroom, according to a teacher at Spearsville High School.

According to local media, Union Parish Superintendent Judy Mabry would say only that the allegations were being investigated; Principal Frank Futch said the incident was not indicative of how the school is run.

First-year teacher Michael Walker, who teaches fifth- through eighth-grade English, said three students were either expelled or sent to an alternative school and two others got detention.

Walker cited that the school kids were just awful: "They cuss at the teachers and throw things at them, and nothing is done," Walker said. "There was even one student who grabbed a teacher in the butt and nothing was done. The students run the school."

Walker said teachers learned Wednesday about the incident, allegedly occurring during an assembly that was left unattended for 30 minutes on Tuesday to talk about a 15-year-old student accused of stabbing another student to death over the weekend.

School officials notified the Union Parish Sheriff's Office on Thursday morning and detectives questioned students.