"Pa. children arrested for random-attack game" by Associated Press | March 24, 2010
PHILADELPHIA — Two preteens assaulted a woman walking home through a playground as part of a violent game called “Catch and Wreck,’’ in which children identify targets they think are homeless and then beat and rob them for fun, police said yesterday.
Sounds like just the kind of kids the military is looking for.
An 11-year-old boy was arrested Monday night and charged with aggravated assault, conspiracy, and robbery, Lieutenant John Walker of the Philadelphia police said. A 12-year-old girl was charged shortly after the Friday night attack in southwest Philadelphia. The victim was surrounded by children, then punched and hit with sticks, police said. She suffered minor injuries to her knee and head and delayed seeking medical attention to help police with the investigation.
Police also plan to charge the boy in an attack on a 73-year-old man who was beaten and robbed in the same area March 13, Walker said. The victim in that assault suffered a heart attack and remains hospitalized.
That's why the Second Amendment is so important.
You have the right to self-defense, and the kid will learn once you bang out a couple of shots.
A spokeswoman for District Attorney Seth Williams said both children were being charged as juveniles. Their names have not been released. Investigators believe the assaults are part of a game children in the neighborhood described to them after Friday’s attack. Children told police the game involves pinpointing passersby they think are homeless and then beating and robbing them for fun, Walker said. The woman who was attacked, however, said she is not homeless....
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"Pa. judge won’t grant same-sex divorce" by Associated Press | March 27, 2010
READING, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge has refused to divorce two women married last year in Massachusetts, leaving them in apparent limbo because they do not meet the residency required to divorce in the Bay State. Massachusetts law has no residence requirement to marry, but requires couples seeking to divorce to have lived there for a year, a requirement they did not meet....
Sorry to put you through that down there.
What do you guys mean getting a divorce?
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Also see: Adult trial for Pa. boy in two deaths
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