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Moms of Minnesota Girls: No Warning Signs Before Suicides
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsThe mothers of two Minnesota eighth-graders who hanged themselves during a sleepover said today that there were no warning signs and that they had tried to help their daughters cope with bullying the best they could. Best friends Haylee Fentress and Paige Moravetz of rural Lynd, Minn., had an apparent suicide pact and were found dead April 16 at Haylee's house. The girls, both 14, were being treated for depression, and Haylee was on medication, but their mothers said there were no indications they were going to take their lives. "I've played it over probably a million times, and there is ...
Teen Girls Charged After Fight Video Is Posted on Facebook
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThree teenagers in southwestern Pennsylvania have been arrested on charges that they assaulted three other teens, which was discovered after another teen posted a video of the incident on Facebook. "This is the first case like this my department has handled," Chief Randy Cox, of the Somerset Borough Police Department, told AOL News. "It is amazing the things you can find on YouTube and Facebook and the level of stupidity that is involved in what people post." Police received reports of a fight shortly after 6 p.m. March 2 in Somerset, a rural town 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The fight ...
Teen's Anti-Bullying Video Brings Community Together to Help Parents
By not in system - AOL NewsBullying often takes place in the schools, but one expert says it's vital that parents help eradicate name calling, vicious gossip and violence by taking action at home. "Our mission as caring adults should be to help children navigate the often very treacherous waters of childhood and to help them get to the other side, to adulthood, as unscathed as possible," said S. David Bernstein. On Tuesday night, Bernstein, an expert in risk management, spoke to a crowd of parents at a synagogue in Westport, Conn. At the end of his presentation, he played a viral YouTube video that originated in ...
Mom Arrested for Encouraging Son to Fight [VIDEO]
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UPDATE: Missing Connecticut Teen Found Safe
By not in system - AOL NewsBREAKING: Police announced moments ago that Isabella Oleschuk, the Conn. 13-year-old who went missing Sunday, has been found and is safe. "We are thrilled to announce that she has been found and is safe," said Orange Police Chief Robert Gagne. "She did leave home. She was with a friend and is OK," Gagne said. The news was announced at a press conference that was originally billed as the first time the parents would make a statement. As soon as Gagne announced the news, screams of joy erupted from friends and supporters. "Glory. Hallelujah," exclaimed Rev. Tod King who, moments earlier, had ...
YouTube Hero: Australian Boy Body-Slams His Bully
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsA chubby Australian boy has rocketed to YouTube stardom after a classmate recorded a cell phone video of him body-slamming a smaller boy who'd been taunting him in the schoolyard. The clip shows the apparent bully, seventh-grader Ritchard Gale, teasing and punching his victim, Casey Heynes, as a gang of other kids laugh at the abuse. Heynes, who is in the 10th grade, takes the bullying for a while, but then snaps and picks Gale up and throws him down on the concrete floor. Gale eventually gets up and limps away. Both boys were suspended from their school, Chifley College in New South Wales, ...
Boy, 6, Stabbed in Neck at School Because He Likes Pink
By not in system - AOL NewsA 6-year-old boy who had been bullied because he liked to wear pink was stabbed in the neck at his preschool in central Sweden, media reports said today. The boy, identified only as Oskar, was picked on because he liked pink clothes, nail polish and ballet, Jönköpings-Posten newspaper said. He had complained to his parents that classmates taunted him, calling him "gay" and a "girl." The newspaper said Oskar was stabbed in an incident last week at the school. The knife used in the attack was blunt and the boy was not seriously hurt, but he had a noticeable injury on his neck, ...
'Bullying' Teens Busted After Beating 13-Year-Old [VIDEO]
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Editor's Note: The video contains graphic content.) Police arrested seven teenagers at a school in suburban Philadelphia after a video one of them shot showed them beating a 13-year-old boy, tossing him in a tree and then hanging him from a wrought-iron fence by the hood of his coat. The seventh, and final teen was arrested today after six others were led out of their school in handcuffs Monday. "It's bullying. It's bullying in America at its worst," said Michael Chitwood, superintendent of police in Upper Darby Township, Pa., according to NBC's "Today" show. Nadin Khoury, 13, says he was ...
Facebook Bullies Charged After Victim Tracks Them Down
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(Dec. 8) -- When 18-year-old Ally Pfeiffer found a Facebook profile impersonating her and replacing her photograph with a picture of a cow to mock her weight, she cried. Then, though, the Connecticut teen fought back, found the IP address for the bogus page and helped police trace the cruel behavior back to Sarah Johnson and Jeff Martone, her former classmates at a Bristol, Conn., high school. And now, Johnson and Martone, both freshmen at the University of Connecticut, have been charged with criminal impersonation and second-degree harassment. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, ...
New Jersey Lawmakers Pass 'Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights'
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyScore one for the bullied. New Jersey lawmakers have passed a law against harassment in schools that will require educators to adhere to an "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights." The measure sailed through the state General Assembly and Senate by wide margins Monday and now heads to to the desk of Gov. Chris Christie, The Associated Press reported. Christie, a Republican, has spoken out against bullying in schools but has not said whether he would sign the bill. Under the legislation, public school employees would undergo training on how to spot and deal with bullying. School districts would create ...
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