These guys are the Escobar of the gradeschool fake cocaine rings.
Posted on 02/11/2006 4:11:34 PM PST by Revel
Boy charged with felony for carrying sugar
BY JUSTINA WANG 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.
Could get probation "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.
Aurora Beacon-News
I'll be right back, I have to go down the street with the SWAT team to help them with the battering ram. There's a 10 year old with a powdered donut.
It's laugh or cry. I guess you know which one I picked.
Since my children were young I kept it on a high shelf in my study closet. A day or so after the funeral I noticed that one bag was moved and a small amount was on the carpet. To this day I laugh thinking of that cop finding it and touching a bit to his tongue. In a second or two all the saliva in his mouth would have caused the product to swell up and stick together.
Thank you.
My guess is that grocery stores sell powdered sugar in packages marked "powdered sugar," but it's just a guess.
Only if they put powdered sugar in a baggie and attempt to pass it off as cocaine.
Too late. We are observing the aftermath.
Actually, that's the response I should have used to describe your idiotic analogy, rather than trying to make a point by using it.
Stay out of the Great Wal of Mart and that won't happen........:o)
Honestly I had to do the same for allergy tabs, over the counter. I have bought houses faster than that crap at wally world !
You're kidding, right?
Just for kicks, you may want to point out where I did that. If you can.
Maybe instead you'll note that I was answering the question, "But where is the felony?" posed by ApplegateRanch in post #26.
Nah. I'm sure it's much more fun to just make $hit up about other posters. You then think this makes you look hip and clever. Nope, it makes you look ignorant.
I hear you. Congress should have just prohibited all medicines containing pseudoephedrine and been done with it, rather than having people go through the hassle.
What were they thinking?
OMG. A voice of sanity and reason. Be still my heart.
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I don't know what's more ludicrous -- Illinois law or the comments of some of these posters.
No, but all that is needed is some other idiot to call it cocaine.
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