Feds Seek 3 Years for 'Cyberbully' in Teen's Suicide

Staten Island teen walks in front of bus

(NEWSER) - A Staten Island 15-year-old whose family said she got bullied at school has died after walking in front of a bus holding a suicide note, reports the Daily News . Classmates had taken the belongings of Amanda Cummings and even made mean comments on her Facebook page after the incident, her uncle said. "I’m not going to tolerate this. I’m gonna go full force," said Keith Cummings. "Kids can't do this to each other." More»

Molly Wei gets community service over Tyler Clementi death

(NEWSER) - Molly Wei admitted her role in the cyberbullying case that led fellow Rutgers student Tyler Clementi to kill himself and agreed to cooperate with authorities. She will likely avoid jail as a result, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . Wei must complete 300 hours of community service, attend counseling on cyberbullying, and testify against the student accused of setting up the hidden camera that snooped on Clementi and another man, reports CNN . After that, the invasion-of-privacy charges lodged against her for watching the video with Dharun Ravi will be dropped. More»

Samantha Kelly, 14, was bullied by classmates after senior charged

(NEWSER) - Friends and family of Samantha Kelly say the 14-year-old girl was relentlessly bullied after accusing a popular senior at her high school of raping her. The charges against Joseph Tarnopolski, 18, have now been dropped after Kelly hanged herself at her Michigan home after coming home from school earlier this week, the Detroit Free Press reports. A judge dismissed the rape case after prosecutors told him that they didn't have a case without the girl's testimony. More»

Pa. boy Brandon Bitner is the latest victim of torment to kill self

(NEWSER) - A 14-year-old boy stepped in front of a tractor-trailer in central Pennsylvania last week, and became the latest victim of school bullying to turn to suicide, the Patriot-News reports. Brandon Bitner, who had a close group of friends and a passion for the violin, wrote in his suicide note that he felt unable to stop the torment he faced for three years at school. Brandon's fate, along with others including Tyler Clementi, have prompted a wave of support from local and national anti-bullying groups like the It Gets Better Project . More»

(USER SUBMITTED) - As 15-year-old Robyn Nixon lay dying on the pavement after jumping from the top of a multi-story car park, some callous bystanders took photographs of her on their cellphones. The British teen made the decision to take her own life after being excluded from a group of friends and breaking up with her boyfriend days before. The coroner who handled the case praised some passers-by who tried to help, but blasted others for their ghoulish behavior. More»