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Boy, 12, tired of being teased retailiates

Teen injured after boy retaliates in Lawrence

 

Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 10:52 AM     Updated: Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 10:52 AM

 
Alex Zdan
The Times
Trenton
 

LAWRENCE­— A 12-year-old boy who was being teased about a play in a pickup football game retaliated by body-slamming his 14-year-old opponent last week, rupturing the older boy’s spleen, police said.

Police are investigating and may levy juvenile charges against the boy following the Oct. 17 incident.

“After the play was done, other kids began laughing at the 12-year-old,” said Lt. Charles Edgar. The boy retalliated against a 14-year-old boy who had tackled him, Edgar said.

Several boys were playing the game at the Eggerts Crossing Village apartments on Johnson Avenue around 3:30 p.m. when the teasing escalated into a verbal altercation.

The 14-year-old immediately felt pain in his side after being thrown to the ground and went to a friend’s house in the complex. From there, he was taken to a hospital for treatment. A police report was filed around 9 the next morning.

Police say the 14-year-old is expected to make a full recovery. The matter remains under investigation by juvenile detectives.

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Man, 87, stopped with 104 bricks of cocaine

October 24, 2011 5:17 p.m.

Farmer, 87, stopped with 104 bricks of cocaine

 
Ed White | Associated Press

DETROIT – An 87-year-old Indiana man arrested with 104 bricks of cocaine in his pickup truck told a judge Monday that he was forced at "gunpoint" to carry the load.

During a boisterous appearance in court, Leo Sharp had trouble keeping quiet, even after he was warned that anything he said could be used against him. There were many grins and occasional laughter from lawyers, spectators and U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Randon.

Federal prosecutors wanted to keep Sharp locked up, but the Michigan City, Ind., man was released on bond, three days after he was stopped on a ticket for improper lane use while driving alone on Interstate 94 near Chelsea, 60 miles west of Detroit.

With the help of a drug-sniffing dog, state troopers discovered 104 brick-sized objects of cocaine Friday, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

"You're dealing with a man forced to do what I did by gunpoint," Sharp told the judge.

A criminal complaint signed by a DEA agent is thin on details, and there was no mention in court about Sharp's destination. The judge had to speak loudly after Sharp said he had lost some hearing during a war. Sharp did not elaborate.

Sharp asked that he be allowed to get medicine that apparently had been seized by officers.

"I could have a stroke," he said.

At another point, Sharp said he probably could read better than anyone in the courtroom and that he's writing a book. He "absolutely" promised to return to court on Nov. 10. "You're the boss," Sharp told the judge, who ordered a mental-health evaluation.

"I'm sorry, sir, to be so troublesome," Sharp said.

Outside court, he told The Associated Press he grows lilies on a 46-acre Indiana farm.

"I love plants. It's a serious love – except the crap that makes you high," Sharp said. "I'm innocent. You'll learn about it."

Defense attorney Ray Richards said he believes the amount of cocaine tops 200 pounds.

"This case is going to be challenging," Richards said.

 

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