Tuesday, July 24, 2007

"... act of the youth being contrary to the statues in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of Oregon

the Oregonian --

The charges, "sexual abuse in the first degree" a class B felony.
The alleged crime, "unlawfully and knowingly, by means of forcible compulsion, subject [name withheld] to sexual conduct by touching a sexual or intimate part of [name withheld].
The accused, two 13-year-old boys who are being charged a felony sex abuse and harassment which is later changed to 10 misdemeanor charges, five sex abuse counts, five harassment counts {felony complaint}--for swatting female classmates on the buttocks while running back to class after lunch earlier this year.

According to The News Register{link}--, the bottom slapping was based on "party boy dancing" popularized by the movie, "jackass."

One girl, who was identified as a victim within the police report{link}-- told investigators that it was "no big deal... is like a handshake we do."

The boys face the prospect of 10 years in juvenile detention and a lifetime of sex offender registry.

4 comments:

Bpaul said...

If the "victim" says it's no big deal who is pressing charges, school or parents?

Anonymous said...

Meanwhile, the real criminals are running around terrorizing the public....and they probably don't have enough police to respond to all the public's calls. This is a waste of everyone's time from the kids and their families to our already overcrowded court system. Whoever brought the charges needs to have their head examined. The one thing they did accomplish was to confuse a few 'already struggling to learn life' teens. Way to go!

JustaDog said...

Ah, government schools.

Anonymous said...

It is all because of measure 11.
Terrible, terrible law.