13-Year-Old Student Arrested For "Passing Gas" In School

STUART, Fla. — A student at a Florida school has been arrested after authorities said he was "passing gas" and turning off his classmates' computers. According to a report released Friday by the Martin County Sheriff's Office, the 13-year-old boy "continually disrupted his classroom environment" by intentionally breaking wind. He then shut off some computers other students were using.

The Spectrum Junior-Senior High School was arrested Nov. 4.

A school resource officer placed the boy under arrest after he confessed about his behavior, according to the report. He was charged with disruption of school function and released to his mother.

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Information from: The Stuart News, http://www.tcpalm.com

Comments

[Mainer36]

That stinks

[MrsPlear]

LOL

[RaraAvis17]

I hope they don't send him to the gas chamber...over this.

[leafericson]

INFLATUATION....n. THE PASSING OF GAS WHILE IN THE PRESENCE OF A DESIRED ONE
SOUNDS LIKE LOVE TO ME..............LOVE IS IN THE AIR

[Big0725]

Inflatuuation. Not bad. That's up there with Divortex and Split Pissonality.

Divortex - The hole that friends fall into after you get divorced, never to be seen again.

Split Pissonality - When a dude goes for a nature break and there's a hair or some other foriegn object blocking the "faucet", causing multiple, uncontrolable streams to eminate.

[mcamp52]

Let's see... this 13-year old farts and gets arrested. Our president, who behaves like a 13-year old, starts a war and kills tens of thousands of people. And what does he get? He gets relected.

[mjtaylor22]

Exactly WTF..........I cannot get an impeachment, or an arrest for all this bank and lending fraud going on, or this securities fraud going on, or this consumer fraud, Where is the FBI Investigation, why aren't these CEO's doing a perp walk of their own.
but nooo, our officers can go to a school and arrest a student for farting and being a prankster.
someone please hit me with a bat, i am stuck in this nightmare that has become America and I do not like it.!!!
not one bit!!!

[RevSpaminator]

This is just scary. Is this who we've really become, America? A 13 year old boy is arrested for being disruptive in class? Arrested?!

By that standard, I would have gotten lethal injection for some of the crap I pull when I was 13.

[jeffrey678]

Will he be charged as an adult? How many years do you get for flatulence in a school zone?

[pat8942]

Apparently the crime rate in Stuart must be zero if all the cops have to do is arrest school kids disrupting class.
When I was a kid that kind of behavior would have got me sent to the principals office to get a few whacks from the board of education.
I'm curious to know if "disruption of school function" is an actual crime or if they just thought it up at the last minute.

[escapee]

Misleading headline! The bratt was turning off computers, the gas-passing was the lower offense.

[AmbivalentGuy]

Yep - old headline snag - wish Huff Po would stop that.

Better headline:
13-year old suspended for farting around.

[Mainer36]

LOL

[What the F]

my wife kicks me of our bed every nite because I like passing out gas, so that she gets stoned, so that I can have my way with her, haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[tomjones44]

huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh?

[ginxy]

um, this is a joke. right?

[greencowgirl]

WMD

[BabsfromKansas]

PhysOrg.comm) -- In an attempt to understand the extent of cow flatulence on global warming, scientists in Argentina are strapping plastic bags to the backs of cows to capture their emissions...

Just a thought...

[johnqsittinzen]

When asked why they weren't more upset, the boy's parents responded, "At least he passing something."

[mooph]

HA!

[deevee]

OH, you!

[entropy2]

How droll.

[BabsfromKansas]

If this is causing global warming like cow methane...than I say EXPEL the little tooter or back him up to my gas tank!

[MathIsTruth]

But(t) his problem is that he's already been EXPELLING too much...

[BabsfromKansas]

http://www.beanogas.com/

[Meggie]

He probably turned off nearby computers when the kids using them started laughing and picking on him. These administrators and police are the bad characters here. Talk about incompetent in your job!