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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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It would be one thing if he was selling it. But this is just crazy.
1 posted on 02/11/2006 4:11:36 PM PST by Revel
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To: Revel

We are truly in trouble if our teachers and school administrators are too stupid to tell the difference between cocaine and sugar.


2 posted on 02/11/2006 4:13:11 PM PST by muawiyah (-)
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To: Revel

I wonder if there's oregano in the school cafeteria?


3 posted on 02/11/2006 4:15:41 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: Revel

What on earth is the felony charge?


4 posted on 02/11/2006 4:17:14 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: Revel

He was obviously trying to supply the obese kids with their fix.


5 posted on 02/11/2006 4:17:16 PM PST by bikepacker67 (Islam was born of Hagar the whore.)
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To: Revel

The kid would've been better off fondling another boy.



6 posted on 02/11/2006 4:17:49 PM PST by Fintan (Shut up. You're rude and silly. And ugly.)
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To: Revel

We are observing the death of common sense.


7 posted on 02/11/2006 4:17:50 PM PST by Pylot
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To: Revel

I agree - this is crazy.


8 posted on 02/11/2006 4:18:19 PM PST by Dante3
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To: Revel

Well.....I know sugar can be bad for you if you eat too much.....BUT, this is CRAZY!


9 posted on 02/11/2006 4:19:50 PM PST by goodnesswins (Dems..........Stuck on Stupidity proven at the SOTU.)
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(snip)He joked that it was cocaine, before telling them, "just kidding," she said.

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

Can you imagine going through airport security with a few small wires and crude switch dangling from your shirt sleeve?

The fact is that we are all becoming prisoners to our heightened security "needs".

Revelation 13:17
and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Of course - we all know how the story ends. Right?

10 posted on 02/11/2006 4:20:54 PM PST by winston2 (In matters of necessity let there be unity, in matters of doubt liberty, and in all things charity:)
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To: Revel

If stupidity was also a felony we could fill our prisons with school administrators and cops.


11 posted on 02/11/2006 4:21:39 PM PST by Flyer (Send Beer)
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Well, those kiddies mighta got high offa that sugar, dontcha know. And we have to keep people from getting high at all costs.

Plus, they're coming after the overeaters next anyway. This is just a preview.
12 posted on 02/11/2006 4:26:10 PM PST by mysterio
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"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."

Well what kind of 12-year-old kid shows a bag of powdered sugar to his friends in the restroom?
Heck, powdered sugar isn't THAT interesting, for cripesake.

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.

13 posted on 02/11/2006 4:27:04 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: robertpaulsen

Here's a fun fWO(s)D thread for you die hards.


14 posted on 02/11/2006 4:27:49 PM PST by mysterio
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To: Revel

Seig Heil!


15 posted on 02/11/2006 4:28:32 PM PST by Supernatural (All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie! bob dylan)
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To: Revel

Science project. Riiiight.


16 posted on 02/11/2006 4:28:45 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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The district issued a written statement, which said: "The dangers of illegal drugs and controlled substances are clear..."

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

17 posted on 02/11/2006 4:31:56 PM PST by BlessedBeGod (Benedict XVI = Terminator IV)
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To: Revel

I believe the cops would arrest me if I was on the street with a bag of powdered sugar saying it was cocaine...I don't look 12...I can act like it...


18 posted on 02/11/2006 4:33:00 PM PST by Dallas59 ((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
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To: Revel
Carrying sugar is a felony? This is nutty. I didn't know carrying a bag of sugar was a criminal offense.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

19 posted on 02/11/2006 4:35:28 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Willie Green
I once torqued off our high school vice principal (1970) for having a box candy cigarettes in my right sock (just enough so he could see it).
20 posted on 02/11/2006 4:37:32 PM PST by steveo (No Anchovies? You've got the wrong man, I spell my name steveo...)
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