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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Teens Catching Heat For Bad Behavior

Young people have been getting in trouble lately, for incidents ranging from making bomb threats to burglary. And, in Wauwatosa, teens have been the victim of a frightening crime: carjacking.

We've had quite a few stories recently about young people getting into trouble. Here are a few of the biggest incidents involving teenage suspects. The bullied 17-year-old boy who wrote a bomb threat in a Greendale High School bathroom in an attempt to get the homecoming dance canceled will be spending a week in jail. The judge called the threat a "terroristic act." An 18-year-old Sussex man was charged with a Menomonee Falls burglary. The teen was accused of sneaking into a home with several friends and stealing change, cash, a computer and collectible dolls. Four Whitefish Bay Middle School students are facing juvenile charges and school disciplinary measures after they were accused—and caught on video—pulling unloaded bb guns on other …

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Terry

9:18 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013

Here is a definition for you Jamie. Terroristic Threat Law & Legal Definition: A terroristic threat is a crime generally involving a threat to commit violence communicated with the intent to terrorize another, to cause evacuation of a building, or to cause serious public inconvenience, in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience. It may mean an offense against …   more ›

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