Boy Charged With Felony For Taking Sugar To School

[bloodrayne]

Boy Charged With Felony For Carrying Sugar

Illinois - A 12-year-old Aurora boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project this week has been charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug, Aurora police have confirmed.

The sixth-grade student at Waldo Middle School was also suspended for two weeks from school after showing the bag of powdered sugar to his friends.

The boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, said he brought the bag to school to ask his science teacher if he could run an experiment using sugar.

Two other boys asked if the bag contained cocaine after he showed it to them in the bathroom Wednesday morning, the boy's mother said.

He joked that it was cocaine, before telling them, "just kidding," she said.

Aurora police arrested the boy after a custodian at the school reported the boy's comments. The youngster was taken to the police station and detained, before being released to his parents that afternoon.

"This is getting ridiculous," said the boy's mother. "They treated my son like a criminal. .. . This is no way to treat a 12-year-old kid."

East Aurora School District officials declined to comment on the case, citing privacy issues.

The district issued a written statement, which said: "The dangers of illegal drugs and controlled substances are clear.

"Look-alike drugs and substances can cause that same level of danger because staff and students are not equipped to differentiate between the two."

The school handbook states that students can be suspended or expelled for carrying a look-alike drug.

Penalties for juveniles are decided on a case-by-case basis, but if convicted, the sixth-grader could likely face up to five years' probation, said Jeffery Jefko, deputy director of Kane County juvenile court services.

Juveniles who have prior criminal records could also be placed in a residential treatment program if convicted, he said.

[mothermold]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
"Look-alike drugs and substances can cause that same level of danger because staff and students are not equipped to differentiate between the two."

what f#$king planet are these people on? what about their police force....are they clueless as well? this is nuts,in ten years time a kid won't even be able to fart at school without being arrested and charged with making terroristic threats!!

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by mothermold
what f#$king planet are these people on? what about their police force....are they clueless as well? this is nuts,in ten years time a kid won't even be able to fart at school without being arrested and charged with making terroristic threats!!

*Somebody farts in teh middle of class* CRASH!!! *The cops break in through the windows* You're under arrest, kid! :p

[The STE]

pfft. I brought in a baggie of powdered sugar and two things of brown sugar deliberately made up to look like heroin, had them in full view of the teacher, and said "yeah, I got heroin", and I got an A for the project (they were props for our one-act play).


Anywho, with a name like "Waldo" Middle School, I'm surprised they don't get expelled for not wearing penny loafers and polo shirts. Oh, and Khakis, don't forget the Khakis.

[Taom]

This is absolutely fucktarded......that's all I have to say about this situation.


Though it does remind me a situation i had in 8th grade. My parents had enrolled me in a private christian school and I was none to happy about it. SO I did alot of shit to fuck around during classes. One day i brought in a container of the premixed koolaid and was cutting it into lines on my desk and sniffign it with a straw. They threatened to expell me for drug-like behavior. I got off with a warning, but was expelled a few weeks later for something else anyways. *shrugs*

[horror_master]

Alll I have rto says about thing is WTF> COme on these are kids try to be more judgemenatal about these kind of things.