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This is ridiculous.
http://www.tampatribune.com/news/thur100d.htm
INVERNESS - A 12-year-old boy who stomped his foot in a puddle at school, spraying classmates and a
school resource officer, was taught a lesson he's not likely to forget.
Kyle Fredrikson was walking back to class from lunch when Deputy Tim Langer said the boy ``purposely
stomped in the water'' after being told numerous times by school personnel to stay with the group and out of the
rain.
He didn't, and at that point, Langer took the sixth-grader to a school office where the boy was cuffed, put in a
patrol car and taken to jail.
Kyle was charged Monday with disruption of an educational institution, a misdemeanor. After about two hours in
a holding room alone, the sixth-grader was released to the custody of his mother and grandmother.
His parents, Chuck and Brenda Fredrikson, are outraged. ``The inmates had access to him. Can you imagine that
for stomping in a mud puddle?'' said his father.
Lt. James Martone, who oversees the school resource officer program, said Langer made a proper arrest. ``He
did his job,'' Martone said. ``It's a fine line any officer in the schools walk.''
Inverness Middle School Principal Cindy Staten said she and sheriff's officials discussed the incident Tuesday but
didn't elaborate.
Kyle's family says he has a hyperactive disorder and is in a class with similar children. Langer should have taken
that into account before arresting him, they say.
Kyle was back in school Tuesday, and Staten would not say if more discipline will follow.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity.
It comes from an indomitable will. -- Mahatma Gandhi
http://www.tampatribune.com/news/thur100d.htm
INVERNESS - A 12-year-old boy who stomped his foot in a puddle at school, spraying classmates and a
school resource officer, was taught a lesson he's not likely to forget.
Kyle Fredrikson was walking back to class from lunch when Deputy Tim Langer said the boy ``purposely
stomped in the water'' after being told numerous times by school personnel to stay with the group and out of the
rain.
He didn't, and at that point, Langer took the sixth-grader to a school office where the boy was cuffed, put in a
patrol car and taken to jail.
Kyle was charged Monday with disruption of an educational institution, a misdemeanor. After about two hours in
a holding room alone, the sixth-grader was released to the custody of his mother and grandmother.
His parents, Chuck and Brenda Fredrikson, are outraged. ``The inmates had access to him. Can you imagine that
for stomping in a mud puddle?'' said his father.
Lt. James Martone, who oversees the school resource officer program, said Langer made a proper arrest. ``He
did his job,'' Martone said. ``It's a fine line any officer in the schools walk.''
Inverness Middle School Principal Cindy Staten said she and sheriff's officials discussed the incident Tuesday but
didn't elaborate.
Kyle's family says he has a hyperactive disorder and is in a class with similar children. Langer should have taken
that into account before arresting him, they say.
Kyle was back in school Tuesday, and Staten would not say if more discipline will follow.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity.
It comes from an indomitable will. -- Mahatma Gandhi