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.
When a young gang member told me he couldn’t wait to go to the feds, that moment changed everything I thought I knew about crime, punishment and connection
Lawsuit examines law enforcement liability when deputies allowed intoxicated juveniles to drive away, resulting in multiple fatalities
After a deathbed confession, a police officer investigated long-hidden abuse at the hands of a once-revered priest
Using toy handcuffs, teen “arrested” a 14-year-old shoplifting accomplice
Juvenile was in custody for burglary, police say
Officers say they stopped a man because he appeared to be lurking near a neighbor’s home and had a bulge in his coat pocket
Law is meant to aid police in enforcing restricted privileges for young drivers
Commissioner’s denounces violent video games, linking them to several recent stabbings involving teens
A yearlong investigation culminated in the arrest of the teen and seven adults, as well as the seizure of more than 600 hydroponically grown marijuana plants
Three teens are charged with first-degree murder in the fatal beating of a 62-year-old Chicago man
A Chicago teen complained in court he did not have the money to post bail
The boy drove slowly for about ten minutes before crashing at a roundabout
Police chief said the suspect pointed a weapon at the officer before the shooting
Alleged crimes occurred on school property the day before the June 9 graduation
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
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