Teen Crime

Humiliating Children In Public: A New Parenting Trend?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.01.2012

Lisa Belkin

Maybe it's because the weather has been unseasonably calm this year, but there has been a rash of examples of parents forcing their children to stand out in the open with signs declaring the ways in which the youngsters have misbehaved.

Seven Black Teens Arrested On Suspicion Of Hate Crime

AP | Posted 04.01.2012

PALMDALE, Calif. -- Seven black teens have been arrested on suspicion that they committed a hate crime when they attacked a 15-year-old Hispanic boy w...

Student Charged In Bomb Plot

AP | By PAUL FOY and JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 01.28.2012

ROY, Utah -- The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator t...

Bullet Removed From Back Of Teen Shot At School

AP | Posted 01.15.2012

EDINBURG, Texas -- Doctors have removed a bullet from the back of a 13-year-old Texas boy shot while trying out for his middle school basketball team ...

Teen Accused Of Stealing Identity Of White House Official

Abcnews.go.com | Mary Bruce | Posted 01.07.2012

A Georgia teenager is facing felony charges after investigators say he unknowingly stole the Social Security number of a senior White House official a...

Iowa Teen Charged With Terrorism Conspiracy

AP | Posted 12.24.2011

OTTUMWA, Iowa -- Police in Ottumwa, Iowa, have charged a high school student with conspiracy to commit terrorism in what authorities say was a plan to...

15-Year-Old Charged In Fire That Killed Family

AP | Posted 02.22.2012

WEBSTER, N.Y. — Authorities say a 15-year-old boy accused of setting fire to his home in upstate New York, killing his father and two brothers, ...

14-Year-Old Shot In Basketball Class Loses Kidney

AP | Posted 12.22.2011

McALLEN, Texas -- A 14-year-old Texas boy shot while trying out for his school basketball team lost a kidney but should recover to live a normal life,...

13-Year-Old Cuffed Over Burp In Class!

AP | JERI CLAUSING | Posted 01.31.2012

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a lawsuit filed again...

Teen Racked Up $500 On Stolen Cards... For Pizza

AP | Posted 12.29.2011

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Authorities in Tennessee say a 15-year-old boy posed as a police officer to steal people's credit card numbers, then racked up hundr...

Handcuffed Teen Evades Police, Turns Himself In

Posted 12.03.2011

An Indiana teen who escaped from a police car after being arrested for underage drinking apparently succumbed to a guilty conscience when he returned ...

Michael Phelps, Indiana Teen, Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison For School Shooting

AP | RICK CALLAHAN | Posted 10.12.2011

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — A central Indiana teenager convicted of shooting a former middle school classmate was sentenced to 30 years in prison Frida...

Principal Found Allegedly Stabbed To Death In Classroom, Student Held

AP | By ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 10.11.2011

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A school principal described as very caring and attentive to her students was killed Wednesday in an apparent homicide at a private ...

David Lohr

Teenage Murder Suspect Leads Police To Remains Of Girl Missing Four Months

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 09.18.2011

Police in Oregon say a murder suspect led them to the remains of a teenage girl, whose body was positively identified through DNA testing by the state...

Students: Go To Class, Or Get Fined Up To $500 [VIDEO]

Posted 09.12.2011

Concord schools' message to students: stop skipping class or pay up. Keeping kids off the streets and in class has become such a problem for police...

Michael Phelps, Indiana Teen, Found Guilty In School Shooting

AP | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 09.10.2011

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — A central Indiana teenager who insisted for weeks that he hadn't intended to kill a former classmate admitted in court Mond...

Supreme Court Bans Life Sentences Without Parole For Some Teen Criminals

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that teenagers may not be locked up for life without chance of parole if they haven't killed anyone. B...