When I was in high school, drugs were everywhere. It was the hippie era after all. The school I went to kept an eye on us to make sure we weren't smoking weed or popping pills or anything else like that.
Tonight, my teenager who is a Senior and should graduate soon tells me this. On Grad Night the students are supposed to show up at five o'clock because the school wants to have the students give a urine sample so they can check for drugs. I'm hopeful that this was someones idea of an April Fool's Day joke.
I know kids do drugs, but a urine sample on Grad Night seems a bit strange to me.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Way To Close To Home
This story hits close to home. Way too close! This occured on the street where I live, meaning the victim was a neighbor. It is a sad story, not just for the victim, but for the young man that committed the crime and has no idea what hell his life is going to become.
Teen shot to death on Lancaster street
16-year-old suspect taken into custody at apartment
This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press
Wednesday, October 22, 2008.
By DAISY RATZLAFF
Valley Press Staff Writer
LANCASTER - An 18-year-old who had been walking with a friend was fatally wounded after three other teens confronted the pair on a Lancaster street, deputies said.
Kwame Addison and his friend ran after a fistfight broke out, but one of the trio pulled out a gun and fired, hitting Addison several times, deputies said.
"This ain't right," said Evette Gordan, a neighbor and friend of Addison's family. "He lived in L.A. all his life, and then he moves out to Lancaster and gets shot. And it was in broad daylight, two schools are close by, and it is a busy street. Who goes around carrying a gun and starts shooting people?"
Within minutes of the shooting, Lancaster deputies detained five males who were spotted standing outside a nearby apartment complex and who ran when they saw the deputies. One is expected to be released as he was not involved in the shooting, deputies said.
The suspected gunman is a 16-year-old, deputies said. He suffered a cut to his head and was examined by medical personnel.
At the complex, deputies said they discovered bloody shorts and a shirt.
Deputies said Addison and his friend were walking along the sidewalk on Avenue K near Sixth Street East about 2 p.m. Tuesday when they were approached from behind by three teenagers, officials said.
When a fight broke out, Addison ran, but was shot at least three times, deputies said. He ran across an adjoining field, then collapsed on Sixth Street East, close to his house, sheriff's officials said.
Addison was found by neighbors, who heard the shots and tried to help him before calling his mother, Latonya Jones.
"I was inside the house when I heard the shots," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. "He was just laying there, full of blood. It looked pretty bad."
Gordan said Addison's mother came to her home to tell her what happened.
"She was banging on the door and yelling, 'My baby has been shot!' " Gordan said.
Addison, in very critical condition, was flown to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
After the shooting, more than 20 deputies searched the field looking for blood and other evidence, authorities said. The field as well as Sixth Street East were blocked with patrol cars and crime-scene tape. The apartment house in the 43500 block of Kirkland Avenue was also surrounded with crime-scene tape.
Deputies were waiting for a warrant to search the apartment in which the 16-year-old lived.
Gordan said she was shocked by the shooting.
"He was a good kid," Gordan said of Addison. "You know, he got side-tracked for a little bit, but he was back on. … It is unbelievable. Shot around the corner from his home. Are you serious?"
Teen shot to death on Lancaster street
16-year-old suspect taken into custody at apartment
This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press
Wednesday, October 22, 2008.
By DAISY RATZLAFF
Valley Press Staff Writer
LANCASTER - An 18-year-old who had been walking with a friend was fatally wounded after three other teens confronted the pair on a Lancaster street, deputies said.
Kwame Addison and his friend ran after a fistfight broke out, but one of the trio pulled out a gun and fired, hitting Addison several times, deputies said.
"This ain't right," said Evette Gordan, a neighbor and friend of Addison's family. "He lived in L.A. all his life, and then he moves out to Lancaster and gets shot. And it was in broad daylight, two schools are close by, and it is a busy street. Who goes around carrying a gun and starts shooting people?"
Within minutes of the shooting, Lancaster deputies detained five males who were spotted standing outside a nearby apartment complex and who ran when they saw the deputies. One is expected to be released as he was not involved in the shooting, deputies said.
The suspected gunman is a 16-year-old, deputies said. He suffered a cut to his head and was examined by medical personnel.
At the complex, deputies said they discovered bloody shorts and a shirt.
Deputies said Addison and his friend were walking along the sidewalk on Avenue K near Sixth Street East about 2 p.m. Tuesday when they were approached from behind by three teenagers, officials said.
When a fight broke out, Addison ran, but was shot at least three times, deputies said. He ran across an adjoining field, then collapsed on Sixth Street East, close to his house, sheriff's officials said.
Addison was found by neighbors, who heard the shots and tried to help him before calling his mother, Latonya Jones.
"I was inside the house when I heard the shots," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. "He was just laying there, full of blood. It looked pretty bad."
Gordan said Addison's mother came to her home to tell her what happened.
"She was banging on the door and yelling, 'My baby has been shot!' " Gordan said.
Addison, in very critical condition, was flown to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
After the shooting, more than 20 deputies searched the field looking for blood and other evidence, authorities said. The field as well as Sixth Street East were blocked with patrol cars and crime-scene tape. The apartment house in the 43500 block of Kirkland Avenue was also surrounded with crime-scene tape.
Deputies were waiting for a warrant to search the apartment in which the 16-year-old lived.
Gordan said she was shocked by the shooting.
"He was a good kid," Gordan said of Addison. "You know, he got side-tracked for a little bit, but he was back on. … It is unbelievable. Shot around the corner from his home. Are you serious?"
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Where Did Daddy Go?
By TIMBERLY ROSS, Associated Press Writer
OMAHA, Neb. – Ten children ranging in age from 1 to 17 were left at hospitals Wednesday under Nebraska's unique safe haven law, which allows caregivers to abandon not only infants but also teenagers without fear of prosecution.
Nine of the children came from one family. The six boys and three girls were left by their father, who was not identified, at Creighton University Medical Center's emergency room. An unrelated 11-year-old boy also was surrendered Wednesday.
The law, which went into effect in July, was initially intended to protect infants, but was amended to include the word "child," which some have interpreted under Nebraska law to mean anyone under the age of 19.
At least 14 children have been abandoned since the state's new safe haven law took effect.
The children are OK, said Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Kathie Osterman said. She didn't know why their father had left them.
More information will be available at a late morning news conference, Osterman said.
Nebraska was the last state in the nation to adopt a safe-haven law. Under previous law, a parent who abandoned a baby could have been charged with child neglect or abandonment, both misdemeanors, or child abuse, a felony.
State Sen. Arnie Stuthman said he introduced the bill intending to protect infants. In a compromise with senators worried about arbitrary age limits, the measure was expanded.
Abandoning teenagers was not the original intent of the law, Stuthman said Thursday.
"People are leaving them off just because they can't control them," he said. "They're probably in no real danger, so it's an easy way out for the caretaker."
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On the Net:
Nebraska Legislature: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/web/public/home
Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us
Now, I know teens are hard to put up with, but this is ridiculous at best! They better fix that law and quick!
OMAHA, Neb. – Ten children ranging in age from 1 to 17 were left at hospitals Wednesday under Nebraska's unique safe haven law, which allows caregivers to abandon not only infants but also teenagers without fear of prosecution.
Nine of the children came from one family. The six boys and three girls were left by their father, who was not identified, at Creighton University Medical Center's emergency room. An unrelated 11-year-old boy also was surrendered Wednesday.
The law, which went into effect in July, was initially intended to protect infants, but was amended to include the word "child," which some have interpreted under Nebraska law to mean anyone under the age of 19.
At least 14 children have been abandoned since the state's new safe haven law took effect.
The children are OK, said Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Kathie Osterman said. She didn't know why their father had left them.
More information will be available at a late morning news conference, Osterman said.
Nebraska was the last state in the nation to adopt a safe-haven law. Under previous law, a parent who abandoned a baby could have been charged with child neglect or abandonment, both misdemeanors, or child abuse, a felony.
State Sen. Arnie Stuthman said he introduced the bill intending to protect infants. In a compromise with senators worried about arbitrary age limits, the measure was expanded.
Abandoning teenagers was not the original intent of the law, Stuthman said Thursday.
"People are leaving them off just because they can't control them," he said. "They're probably in no real danger, so it's an easy way out for the caretaker."
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On the Net:
Nebraska Legislature: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/web/public/home
Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us
Now, I know teens are hard to put up with, but this is ridiculous at best! They better fix that law and quick!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Good For Dad!
DELTONA, Fla. (AP) - An angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter's boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter's room. Authorities say the father, 45, didn't even know his daughter had a boyfriend or that the youngster had been sneaking into the home for more than a year.
When he heard noises coming from his daughter's bedroom Thursday morning and saw a stranger standing naked on the girl's bed, he swung a metal pipe. He then chased the teen out the front door and called police.
The boy was taken to the hospital where doctors closed a head wound with staples.
The father was charged with aggravated battery on a child and bonded out on $10,000.
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Information from: Daytona Beach News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com
When he heard noises coming from his daughter's bedroom Thursday morning and saw a stranger standing naked on the girl's bed, he swung a metal pipe. He then chased the teen out the front door and called police.
The boy was taken to the hospital where doctors closed a head wound with staples.
The father was charged with aggravated battery on a child and bonded out on $10,000.
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Information from: Daytona Beach News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com
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