Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial

[Anonymous]

Everyone is wrong here. Judge needs to throw it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, did y'all just completely miss this part?

When Ryan didn’t cooperate with a trip to see the principal, authorities say, he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and petit larceny

Sounds like he cut in line (not ok under any circumstance) and grabbed the milk. He was asked about it and then refused to cooperate. I doubt he was calm, polite, and respectful. It is more likely that he was simply told not to cut in line and asked if he had already received his FREE milk and he acted like an ass. Then he refused to go to the principals office. The police were called because he was probably shouting obscenities and refusing to do what the school staff asked.

I see no problem at all with this.

Yeah, he was probably uncooperative, possibly physical. Arresting him and charging him with a crime is a bit much. Righteously turning down the non-judicial program and demanding a court trial is also a bit much. The school should calm down, his mother should calm down. At 15, it's time for him to practice calming down, too.

[Anonymous]

FCPS schools are practically prisons these days. Kids are treated like criminals, and going to act that way.

I would hope my kid would go to the cashier and politely say "excuse me, i forgot to grab my milk when i went through the line. may i get one now?" but that could still result in kids/adults thinking the kid was stealing.

I would hope that my child would go to the Principal's office and politely explain the situation.

I don't know what my kids would do, and I can't expect all kids to behave how I would expect one to act. The school needs to be reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Zero tolerance, coming to a school near you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He, a middle schooler, cut line to get the free milk without explaining that he forgot to get it the first place. Entitlements issue that could be settled in school the same day, but he feels entitled to waste public money to fight it in court. Not cool kid. He deserves to be given community service punishment for his misconduct to deal with his entitlements issue.

"The teenager says he had forgotten to grab the drink the first time through the line at the Graham Park Middle School cafeteria, so he headed back."

Sounds like he explained it at some point along the way. This has gone too far.

[Anonymous]

They should have given him detention or suspended him for a few days if he was disruptive and uncooperative. Calling the police sounds like the adults in the school don't know how to discipline kids. When my DD was in 2nd grade she would come home talking about the teacher sending kids to the principal's office. Most of the things she recounted were ridiculous reasons to send kids to the office, and showed the teacher wasn't capable of handling a class with 8 year olds. I volunteered in the class and the kids didn't seem any more disruptive than my other kid's classmates. I'm assuming the student in this case escalated the situation unnecessarily, but the adults took the ball and ran with it. To the pps saying cutting the line was wrong, I was a well mannered kid and I'm pretty sure I would have done the same since I already stood in line and only needed one thing. It just wouldn't have dawned on me at that age that it would upset someone. What a total waste of resources and ridiculous behavior all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

+1.

What a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS schools are practically prisons these days. Kids are treated like criminals, and going to act that way.

I would hope my kid would go to the cashier and politely say "excuse me, i forgot to grab my milk when i went through the line. may i get one now?" but that could still result in kids/adults thinking the kid was stealing.

I would hope that my child would go to the Principal's office and politely explain the situation.

I don't know what my kids would do, and I can't expect all kids to behave how I would expect one to act. The school needs to be reasonable.

This was in Prince William, not Fairfax. The security officers at our middle and high schools bend over backwards to respect kids.

[Anonymous]

Why on earth are people so mean to kids????

When there are real criminals in the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should have given him detention or suspended him for a few days if he was disruptive and uncooperative. Calling the police sounds like the adults in the school don't know how to discipline kids.

I'm guessing teh school security officer is a cop. They didn't call one in.

[Anonymous]

Frickin ridiculous

My father was an assistant principal. He faced down kids with knives and nunchucks. And I don't believe law enforcement was ever involved.

Seriously? Going to court over a milk? I just can't

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frickin ridiculous

My father was an assistant principal. He faced down kids with knives and nunchucks. And I don't believe law enforcement was ever involved.

Seriously? Going to court over a milk? I just can't

The kid was offered the option not to go to court. He chose not to take that option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

Or, on the flip side, he did nothing wrong, felt like he did nothing wrong, and was blamed for something and offered an opportunity to cop a plea when he was actually innocent? So now he is trying to make a stand to show the biases of the system?

I agree with this. He didn't do anything wrong. They need to throw this case out- over a .65 cent milk. The prosecutors should be ashamed.

+1000

Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frickin ridiculous

My father was an assistant principal. He faced down kids with knives and nunchucks. And I don't believe law enforcement was ever involved.

Seriously? Going to court over a milk? I just can't

The kid was offered the option not to go to court. He chose not to take that option.

He was offered a punishment. I wouldn't accept a punishment if I didn't do anything wrong. Good for this kid to have a backbone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frickin ridiculous

My father was an assistant principal. He faced down kids with knives and nunchucks. And I don't believe law enforcement was ever involved.

Seriously? Going to court over a milk? I just can't

The kid was offered the option not to go to court. He chose not to take that option.

Neve should have reached that level to begin with