Prosecutor says he will drop charges against students
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A Tennessee prosecutor says he intends to dismiss charges against elementary school students who were hauled off to a juvenile facility — some in handcuffs — during the school day and in view of waiting parents.
Murfreesboro police arrested four children at Hobgood Elementary School in April and took them away — two in handcuffs — to a juvenile detention center for allegedly taking part in off-campus neighborhood bullying weeks earlier. Six other children were named in juvenile court petitions stemming from the same incident. All the children were between the ages of 9 and 12.
Parents and community leaders protested the police action, with some demanding that charges be dropped.
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Rutherford County prosecutor Jennings Jones said Thursday he intends to dismiss the charges. He declined to explain the decision.