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NEWS ABOUT: juvenile

juvenile stories: 7 news summaries

Recession Leads to
Uptick in Teen Runaways

Increase in fleeing juveniles strains social services

Oct 26, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - More and more young Americans, including many under 13, have left home or been kicked out as foreclosures, unemployment, and the rising cost of living make conditions in lower-income homes even tougher than usual. Experts and government studies estimate that 1.6 million juveniles leave home each year, though there... More »

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recession • homeless • runaway • poverty • youth • juvenile • recession depression

Creator of 'Kill Obama'
Poll Is a Kid

No charges filed

Oct 1, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service has found the mastermind behind the “Should Obama Be Killed?” Facebook poll—and it turns out to be a kid. After a chat with the young perp and the parents, the agency has decided not to press charges, a spokesman said. “This is something we... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • Facebook • assassination • juvenile • juvenile crime

Town Struggles With Prosecution of 'Killer Boy'

Boy accused of shooting dad's pregnant lover 'swimming' in adult prison duds

Feb 23, 09 4:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Pennsylvania authorities are struggling with how to handle the case of an 11-year-old boy arrested in the murder of his father's pregnant girlfriend. State law allows children over ten to be tried as adults. But the prison warden already wants Jordan Brown moved to a juvenile facility, reports the Pittsburgh ... More »

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crime • murder • Pennsylvania • shooting • juvenile • girlfriend • juvenile crime • boy • killer boy

 Boy Charged 
 With Killing 
 Father's 
 Pregnant 
 Lover 

She was eight months pregnant with a boy

Feb 22, 09 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy has been charged with using his shotgun to shoot dead his father's girlfriend, who was eight month pregnant, reports the New York Daily News. The boy shot the 26-year-old woman in the head as she lay in bed in the family's farmhouse, then cooly climbed on... More »

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crime • murder • Pennsylvania • shooting • shotgun • juvenile • killer boy

Cops Bust Dad Who Married Off Girl, 14, for Beer

Arranged marriage legit in Mexico, but trafficking minors in Calif.

Jan 14, 09 6:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Something got lost in translation when a California man arranged for his 14-year-old daughter to marry an 18-year-old neighbor in exchange for cash, beer, and meat, reports the San Jose Mercury News. When the bridegroom failed to pay the promised $16,000, 160 cases of beer, and six cases... More »

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California • arranged marriage • human trafficking • juvenile • dowry • Mexican-Americans

Supreme Court Rejects Boy Killer's Appeal

He claims drugs
made him shoot grandparents

Apr 14, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court refused today to let a teenage boy appeal his 30-year sentence for double-murder, CNN reports. Christopher Pittman, who was tried as an adult in South Carolina 3 years ago, is serving the longest sentence ever for someone his age—and blames antidepressants for inspiring him to kill... More »

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antidepressant • murder • appeal • trial • sentencing • Paxil • murder trial • US Supreme Court • juvenile

Texas Girl Charged With Killing Family

Dad survives predawn attack sparked by foiled romance, cops say

Mar 2, 08 7:39 PM CST
(Newser) - A 16-year-old Texas girl and three friends allegedly killed her mother and two brothers and set the family home on fire because her parents objected to her boyfriend, the AP reports. The suspects face capital murder charges in yesterday's attack, which the girl's father survived. Shot five times, he crawled... More »

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Texas • family • stabbing • romance • relationship • Penny Caffey • Tyler Caffey • Mathew Caffey • Terry Caffey • Charlie James Wilkinson • Charles Allen Wade • Bobbi Gale Johnson • juvenile • Alba • teenager

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