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Boy charged with felony for carrying sugar
suntimes ^ | February 11, 2006

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


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To: Revel

The police, prosecutor and school "officials" need to be involuntarily committed to an insane asylum ASAP.


21 posted on 02/11/2006 4:37:40 PM PST by B Knotts
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To: Dallas59

As a dad of a couple of former 12 year old boys I could see them acting like idiots with their friends. That doesn't equal a felony and two weeks suspension though.


22 posted on 02/11/2006 4:40:09 PM PST by digitalbrownshirt (http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
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To: Revel
"The school handbook states that students can be suspended or expelled for carrying a look-alike drug."

Oops. Game over. Mom, good luck if you decide to sue.

23 posted on 02/11/2006 4:42:02 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: Dante3

Just another reason to shut down Public Schools and send kids to private school....


24 posted on 02/11/2006 4:43:48 PM PST by Deltaforceeoo7 (Deltaforceeoo7)
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To: Revel
East Aurora School District officials declined to comment on the case, citing privacy issues.

They got issues alright. And it seems they go far beyond privacy.

25 posted on 02/11/2006 4:44:17 PM PST by JoeSixPack1
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To: robertpaulsen
students can be suspended or expelled for carrying a look-alike drug.

That covers the school's tail, but where is the felony?

26 posted on 02/11/2006 4:45:11 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Mad-Mo! Allah bin Satan commands ye: Bow to him 5 times/day: Head down, @ss-up, and fart at Heaven!)
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To: Revel

[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.]

Today's school authorities are idiots. You might as well talk to a bag of crap as talk to the fools who have destroyed public education, the educators, unions and worst of all, the liberal school boards.
Again I say, they are idiots.


27 posted on 02/11/2006 4:45:53 PM PST by ohhhh ( I pray the public school system collapses for the good of the children.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

[That covers the school's tail, but where is the felony?]

Probably one o dem der white red neck boys the feminazi school authorities hate and desire to subdue.


28 posted on 02/11/2006 4:47:53 PM PST by ohhhh ( I pray the public school system collapses for the good of the children.)
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To: Revel
East Aurora School District officials declined to comment on the case, citing privacy issues.

School speak for "We over reacted and don't want to admit it".

29 posted on 02/11/2006 4:50:47 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: muawiyah

I agree that this is ridiculous. However, given the ridiculous lawsuits that are filed in this country over the most ridiculous things, it is no surprise that schools make ridiculous rulings on situations like this. I'm not supporting them. Sugar is not cocaine. Simply smelling it would have indicated that it was sugar. The custodian should simply have given it back to him and told him that drugs were no joking matter. That should have been the end of it.


30 posted on 02/11/2006 4:51:39 PM PST by SALChamps03
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To: Uncledave

I would simply fight the felony charge and threaten a lawsuit challenging the policy on "look-alike" drugs. I would follow through on the lawsuit if the district refused to back down.


31 posted on 02/11/2006 4:52:39 PM PST by SALChamps03
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To: digitalbrownshirt

I agree.


32 posted on 02/11/2006 4:53:46 PM PST by SALChamps03
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To: Deltaforceeoo7

I disagree. It is a reason to challenge the lunacy.


33 posted on 02/11/2006 4:54:14 PM PST by SALChamps03
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To: Willie Green
I don't know what the kid was up to, but I'm not buying that story about asking the science teacher if he could use it either. The little turd was up to something.

I agree, but what's the deal with a felony charge? What's wrong with detention?

34 posted on 02/11/2006 4:56:31 PM PST by Uncledave (It takes some pretty serious yodeling to call for a filibuster from a five-star ski resort)
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To: Willie Green
I'm with you on this one...Mommy says the boy said "Just kidding" about it being cocaine, but I don't believe a word of it.

Now, I'd be "more" with you if you'd just get rid of your tagline! (besides, I don't know if you mean Robertson, Buchanan or Riley)

35 posted on 02/11/2006 4:57:11 PM PST by ErnBatavia (Meep Meep)
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To: robertpaulsen

Sugar is a drug?


36 posted on 02/11/2006 4:57:12 PM PST by From many - one.
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To: Revel
The eyes and ears of the new Homeland are everywhere....

You must mind your Pees & take your Ques from Jr here....

The custodian is the eyes and ears of the school...you don't know they are there...they are invisible to you...but they listen to all your words and plans and even know your thoughts.


37 posted on 02/11/2006 4:57:39 PM PST by joesnuffy (A camel once bit our sister..but we knew just what to do...we gathered rocks and squashed her!)
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To: Revel

The authoress...Justina Wang...

what do they call her for short....Justa?


38 posted on 02/11/2006 4:58:35 PM PST by joesnuffy (A camel once bit our sister..but we knew just what to do...we gathered rocks and squashed her!)
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To: Pylot

Where have you been? Common sense died years ago.


39 posted on 02/11/2006 5:03:17 PM PST by Ronin (When the fox gnaws.... SMILE!!!)
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To: Revel
Kids + sugar (or whatever is the demon of the day) + school = fines, hassles & incarceration.

Face it people, the Republic is lost.

40 posted on 02/11/2006 5:07:47 PM PST by elkfersupper
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