CBS, NYC - In this day and age where young students are frequently
charged for serious school offenses such as possessing weapons, dealing
drugs, or assaulting other students on school property, one Brooklyn
teen's arrest may come as a surprise. A 13-year-old girl was handcuffed
and placed under arrest in front of her classmates in Dyker Heights
after she wrote "Okay" on her desk.
The "suspect," Chelsea Fraser, says she's sorry for scribbling the word
on her desk, but both she and her mother are shocked at the punishment.
"I'm appalled, because here we have rapists, murderers, and you're
taking a 13-year-old kid? Wasting valuable manpower to arrest a child
who wrote on a desk?" Fraser's mother Diana Silva told CBS 2.
Police confirm that that's exactly what's written on her arrest record
and for the crime, she's been charged with criminal mischief and the
making of graffiti. Fraser says the day she marked her desk, she was
wrongly grouped together with troublemakers who had plastered stickers
all over the classroom.
Fraser was arrested at the Dyker Heights Intermediate School on March 30
along with three other male students. She says she was made to empty her
pockets and take off her belt. Then she was handcuffed and led out of
the school in front of her classmates and placed in the back of a police
car. . .
The students were taken to the 68th Precinct station house where Silva
says they were separated for three hours. "MY child is 13-years-old --
doesn't it stand that I'm supposed to be present for any questioning?"
Silva said. "I'm watching my daughter, she's handcuffed to the pole. I
ask the officer has she been there the entire time? She says, 'Yes.'"
On her report card, under conduct, Fraser has earned all "satisfactory"
marks and one "excellent" mark.
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charged for serious school offenses such as possessing weapons, dealing
drugs, or assaulting other students on school property, one Brooklyn
teen's arrest may come as a surprise. A 13-year-old girl was handcuffed
and placed under arrest in front of her classmates in Dyker Heights
after she wrote "Okay" on her desk.
The "suspect," Chelsea Fraser, says she's sorry for scribbling the word
on her desk, but both she and her mother are shocked at the punishment.
"I'm appalled, because here we have rapists, murderers, and you're
taking a 13-year-old kid? Wasting valuable manpower to arrest a child
who wrote on a desk?" Fraser's mother Diana Silva told CBS 2.
Police confirm that that's exactly what's written on her arrest record
and for the crime, she's been charged with criminal mischief and the
making of graffiti. Fraser says the day she marked her desk, she was
wrongly grouped together with troublemakers who had plastered stickers
all over the classroom.
Fraser was arrested at the Dyker Heights Intermediate School on March 30
along with three other male students. She says she was made to empty her
pockets and take off her belt. Then she was handcuffed and led out of
the school in front of her classmates and placed in the back of a police
car. . .
The students were taken to the 68th Precinct station house where Silva
says they were separated for three hours. "MY child is 13-years-old --
doesn't it stand that I'm supposed to be present for any questioning?"
Silva said. "I'm watching my daughter, she's handcuffed to the pole. I
ask the officer has she been there the entire time? She says, 'Yes.'"
On her report card, under conduct, Fraser has earned all "satisfactory"
marks and one "excellent" mark.
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_095170448.html
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