Juvenile Crime
The Juvenile Crime topic page is a resource for cops, SROs and others dealing with juvenile crime and offenders, with news and information about everything from minors engaging in sexting to dealing with violent, potentially deadly kids.
After a deathbed confession, a police officer investigated long-hidden abuse at the hands of a once-revered priest
Officers help children explore life lessons while encouraging self-accountability, self-acceptance and continuous self-development
Some jurisdictions are reconsidering the definition of “juvenile” as it relates to the prosecution of criminal acts
Police officers will undergo additional training before a new ordinance takes effect
Computer hard drive was in backpack abandoned in yard
Backpage.com under scrutiny by authorities, allegations that child prostitution facilitated by site
The 40-year-old agent was found in the television room of a home
Civil rights advocates and criminal justice experts say frustrated teachers and principals are calling the police too often
Chief says child resisted, ‘there is no age discrimination on that rule’
The Supreme Court recently has moved toward not allowing juveniles to be sentenced to the worst adult punishments
15-year-old was believed to have made comments to neighbors ‘that he was bent on violence’
Sibling found loaded gun in family’s van, sheriff to handle investigation
Fulton County police said the off-duty officer and a woman got into an argument with a group of teens
Judge who wanted to send a message revoked license for life
Teachers, law enforcement and even parents followed the district’s plans
Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio says the boy’s body was discovered on a sidewalk
Officers’ encounter with a man whose weapon was thought to be real used in presentation to discourage gun crime, gangs
Monday’s attack was the first assault with a weapon at the school since the 1999 shootings that left 12 students, a teacher and the two teen gunmen dead
Meriden police planned to seek an arrest warrant for the boy’s mother on charges of risk of injury to a child
Officers responded Thursday night to learn that a group of boys and girls had a dispute with another passenger
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said videos of youth violence are ending up online more frequent everywhere
Six teenagers were being questioned by Chicago police Tuesday after a video was posted online showing the brutal beating of a 17-year-old
An Ashwaubenon Public Safety officer cited a teen driver who nearly hit his cruiser
Police chief: Officers acted to protect themselves and other students, firing three shots
“He had plenty of opportunities to lower the weapon...and he didn’t want to,” said Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez.
The juvenile driver of the stolen vehicle may be tried as an adult
A fight at the food court led to ''other altercations’’ involving 50 juveniles, police said
Certain offenses attract more attention in less-tolerant society
A panel of three juvenile justice experts met Wednesday
Police responded to disorderly students outside a school and deployed a less-lethal device when one became unruly
Agent Isaac Pizarro-Pizarro of the Puerto Rico Police Department was driving to a family member’s home
Educators face tough challenges when trying to keep a child - and others - safe during violent outbursts
3 teenagers arrested in plot made no attempt to deny planning to shoot ‘indiscriminately’
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