9-year-old student charged in pencil stabbing

[Are_grits_groceries]

A 9-year-old elementary school student has been charged with seriously injuring a classmate by stabbing her in the back with a pencil on Wednesday, lawmen said.

Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies charged the boy after he stabbed the 10-year-old girl at Cliffdale Road Elementary School, a news release said.Investigators say the boy stabbed the girl with a pencil, causing a puncture wound on the upper portion of her back.

The boy stabbed the girl after an argument over a pencil box, authorities said.According to the release, the boy found his missing pencil box in the girl’s possession.
The girl did not require emergency medical assistance and returned to school Thursday, the release said.

Detectives could charge the boy with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury pending the outcome of the investigation, the release said.

He is in the custody of his parents at this time. School officials will handle disciplinary action against him.
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=310980

The jails will be full soon.....

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. So are they also going to charge the little girl with theft?

It seems there are two perpetrators here...

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. yeah...cause nine year olds arguing over a pencil box

should resolve their stuff with stabbings...

sP

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. Don't forget the prison time

They should be tried as adults and let anyone who thinks a pencil jab is anything less than a violent stabbing go with them!

:sarcasm:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

10. who said anything about trying them as adults?

oh yes, you did.

sP

[slackmaster]

3. They still allow pencils in schools?

Those things are dangerous!

[elocs]

5. When I was 10 I stabbed the girl sitting in front of me with my pencil.

Of course, I was thoughtful enough to use the eraser end and consequently the pointy end stuck in my own hand. I still have a faint pencil mark tattoo on my right palm these 46 years later.

[MineralMan]

6. I can't reconcile...

The statement about "serious injury" and the one that said the girl did not require emergency medical assistance and returned to school the next day.

The boy was most definitely wrong for stabbing the girl. The girl was most definitely wrong for stealing the pencil box. Both should be punished by their parents.

Other than that, I don't see where the story is.

[babydollhead]

7. In 4th grade stabbed me in my open palm with my pencil he'd taken

[MineralMan]

8. I've never confessed this, but...

I put a thumb tack on the seat of a girl who sat in front of me in second grade. She yelped. Later that week, I was punished by her catching me in the schoolyard and kissing me. Icky Poo! Girls smell!:crazy:

[LWolf]

9. I wonder why this was moved to the NC forum?

It's not like pencil stabbings are restricted to North Carolina, lol.

I handled a pencil stabbing myself last week. An 8th grader, who stabbed herself hard enough to jam a big piece of graphite in the fleshy part of her palm.

Accidentally, of course.

The "theft" of the pencil box should be investigated, and, if called for, appropriate action taken.

Just as the pencil stabbing should be acted upon. Suspended? Maybe. Charges filed? Please.

Here's a futile suggestion:

Let's increase the square-footage of each classroom, and decrease class size down to the optimum #, according to research: about 15. More space per student, fewer students to manage, and most of the petty conflicts disappear. More attention is available for more serious behavior issues.

What do you think?

[Thickasabrick]

11. They do that from time to time. I posted an article once about a

dad killing his eight year old son while hunting, it was sent off the state forum. I'm not really sure what would be considered national or local. Ever since then I just post everything in gd