Charges finally brought against teens that gang-raped girl in school auditorium

[Queasy]

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Two students were charged today with sexually assaulting a mentally disabled girl in a high school auditorium. The former principal was charged with failing to notify police.

The case generated criticism because school officials did not immediately report the allegations to police and said they feared negative media attention if they did.

The 16-year-old girl told a teacher at Mifflin High School that she had been dragged into the auditorium March 9 and forced to perform oral sex on at least two boys as other students watched and one boy videotaped, according to investigators.

Two boys, Brandyn Hobbs, 15, and Timothy C. Armistead, 16, were charged with juvenile counts of sexual battery and kidnapping.

Regina Crenshaw, who was removed as principal because of the incident, was charged with failing to call police. If convicted, she could get anything from probation to 30 days in jail.

Principal tries to shift blame

The timing couldn't be more ironic, according to Regina Crenshaw.

On Thursday, a hearing is being held in an attempt for Crenshaw to keep her job as principal of Mifflin High School. But Wednesday?s news of a criminal charge against her was the last thing Crenshaw?s lawyer says she needed.

Crenshaw was the principal at Mifflin High School in March when a rape is said to have taken place in the school auditorium. Crenshaw says seven other people were told about the alleged rape of a 16-year-old special needs girl before she was ever notified.

She did not want to say she is the wrong person to have been charged.

The girl?s father told 10TV in an exclusive report that he was the one who first notified police, only after a teacher told him what happened.

Now that a failure to report charge has been filed against her, Crenshaw says it even more important that she clear her name. She also feels she is a scapegoat for the district over policies that were never clear.

And Crenshaw says she has some advice for the superintendent of schools, Dr. Gene Harris.

"Look before you leap. This did not have to go like this.?

The failure to report charge carries a potential for jail time.

Crenshaw's hearing over the district trying to fire her is expected to last at least a week

Wow, if you fail to notify the police about a rape on your campus because the district doesn't have clear policies, you are too damn stupid to be the principal of any school.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Now that a failure to report charge has been filed against her, Crenshaw says it even more important that she clear her name. She also feels she is a scapegoat for the district over policies that were never clear.

WTF?!? :|

 

[Amplifier]

Saw that in a pron once.

 

[dug777]

i thought you couldn't name minors?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: dug777
i thought you couldn't name minors?

Depends on the situation. Sometimes the accused or the accused's family give permission to the name being used.

 

[DaveSimmons]

That principal is like the West Point cadets who claimed "no one ever told them it was a voilation of school policy to cheat on tests."

Hopefully her union will decide to throw her to the wolves instead of forcing the school to keep her on. Unions are so twisted these days you can never tell.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: dug777
i thought you couldn't name minors?

Depends on the situation. Sometimes the accused or the accused's family give permission to the name being used.

ah ok.

 

[ChooChooChooseMe]

I think I saw this in Law & Order once.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Originally posted by: ChooChooChooseMe
I think I saw this in Law & Order once.

There was an episode like that, but they were going after the boys, not the principle.

That principle needs to be fired asap.

 

[vegetation]

Terrible, if I was a student there I would bust into her office and give her the finger.

 

[Queasy]

bump for morning crowd

 

[isasir]

I'm surprised the sentence for something like that is so low. I'd expect it to have been more severe to not report something as serious as rape of a minor.

 

[sonz70]

Wow... thats just dumb as hell :| "well.. I didn't know we were suppose to call the police if there was a rape" shes way too idiotic to be the principal of a school. And I agree with the union statement. Knowing Unions they will probally just have her transfered to another school where no one knows her

 

[Nick5324]

I live in Columbus, I was disgusted when this story came out. When i first read it, my reaction wasn't about the principals failure to call the police, but the total lack of control she has over her school. At this same school not to long ago, there was a huge fight that they couldn't control, had to call the CPD to break it up. This school also has a reputation for extreme problems. Obviously, kids are free to walk around the school (apparently in groups, with a camcorder), were able to grab this girl and pull her into the auditorium. I don't know how long the attack took, but all people involved were supposed to be somewhere else, and no one was around the area where they were. She is getting paid to run the school, but clearly is in her office shoving her head up her ass. I realize it would be imposible for anyone to control every student's location and behavior at all times, but the culture in this school was to run around and do whatever the hell you wanted. The principal not calling the police is just another reason for her to be fired (which she was).

 

[PingSpike]

The sh|tbag teenagers will probably get off with a slap on the wrist because they're minors.

 

[CrispyFried]

That principal should be charged for not reporting it. Would you want your kids going school with her in charge? There are responsabilities that go with that job. (I know a hs principal)

 

[NTB]

In a lot of schools, it's almost against policy to call 911, because of the media circus it will create. I've heard of a couple people (students and teachers alike, though mostly for fights) getting in trouble for that.

Nate

 

[skace]

The teenagers and the principle all deserve a nice long visit in prison, IMO. You can't tell me the kids didn't know what they were doing was wrong.

 

[Genx87]

The principal is obviously a victim here!

Hope they can her incompetent ass.

 

[Aharami]

:| fire her ass