Police: Child Made Up Story About Lunchtime Stabbing
Published: October 8, 2009
Updated: October 8, 2009
CINCINNATI—Cincinnati police have concluded that a girl made up a story about being stabbed with a kitchen knife for refusing to give up her lunch.
A Cincinnati police report earlier Thursday said officers were trying to locate an 8-year-old boy who allegedly caused minor injuries to another child on an elementary school playground.
Hours later, they said the alleged victim was a girl who had cut her sleeves with scissors in art class and concocted the lunch assault story to cover that up.
Police spokesman Lt. Mark Briede says the case is closed, without any charges.
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Jaguar…with all due respect, the fear that this type of story is bound to produce is astonishing… ie.
“If that girl lives in our neighborhood, we need to know that that girl can and will make MF’s, possibly placing our family at risk or in harms way.“
She didn’t stab anyone. She told a lie. Yes, it was a whopper of a lie for a child that age, but not to the extreme it’s being placed. Yes, I’m sure the boy and his family went through un-needed termoil and frustration and judgement at first. Life should go on for him normally unless people continue to make a big deal of it.
This was a story about a very young girl who made a huge mistake in judgement. Maybe her mother was so upset that she added to the story or sounded terrified when she called the police. We don’t know. We can only assume. This was a story about a very young girl in Cincinnati, not locally in our community. Does anyone locally actually assume she poses a threat to themselves and their family here?
I’m sure the majority of people over the age of 18 have made some seriously mis-guided decisions or terrible mistakes that they wish they could undo. No one is perfect. It’s just unfortunate that even though this may be “news worthy” locally within the community she goes to school or resides, this child is going to have to deal with this on a much larger scale as is her family now that it has gone beyond their local news. People make mistakes all the time. Sometimes they are isolated incidents in which they are likely to not be repeated.
The story in fact said the child made no report of it until she came home. Too many hypotheses are being thrown around as to why and who’s at fault for it. She’s being talked about as if she were a hardened criminal who needs to be watched now that this story has come out.
Who are we to assume why? Who are we to assume that she’s a threat to society “possibly placing our family at risk or in harms way” as stated by jaguar?
If it were local or even at my child’s school, I would still feel the same way about it being on the news. I may expect the school to inform me. I would think it’s NOT something that should be broadcast for the world to know about. This is a child who made a bad decision. A kindergartn student is being publicly persecuted based on a news story that has gone beyond local.
I would challenge any one to say that their own biggest mistake or lie they told as a child should have been posted in a news paper or on the internet for the world to place judgement on them before they even started life in the real world. It’s these types of stories that turn us against one another as individuals.
I can respect other people’s opinions. I just think that publicly persecuting a child is wrong.
Did you read the story? She cut herself and then lied about it…she physically harmed herself with a pair of scissors then told teachers, authorities, etc. that a boy had stabbed her with the scissors for not giving up her lunch. Hardly an accident, and definitely cause for some concern.
2009-11-13-Tue-T1243 -0400 Jaguar
2009-11-12-Mon-T1019 -0400 tsuetoops
.... Lots of comments on a subject that is so totally NOT news worthy.
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I respectfully disagree. It is newsworthy to those who may be in the same environment as that girl who will not hesitate to make a self-serving mis-statement of fact [MF] against another person.
If that girl attends the same school, plays in the same park, is in a social activity with our child, we need to know that that girl can and will make MF’s, possibly placing our family at risk or in harms way.
If that girl lives in our neighborhood, we need to know that that girl can and will make MF’s, possibly placing our family at risk or in harms way.
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Who decided this was what the public needed to hear about?
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I know not, but offer my thanks to her, him or them.
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AGREE Shocking?...no
AGREE Funny?...no
AGREE Interesting?...no
DISAGREE Informative?...no
DISAGREE Drivle?...Absolutely!
I on 2009-11-13-Tue-T1212 -0400 in reply to
mpnf1979 on 09 October 2009 Fri 19:40
Jaguar… I don’t quite understand your broken sentence.
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I was quoting you and truncated your sentence.
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Yes, the girl is a ticking time bomb.
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:-) Happy to see that we agree! :-)
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... she doesn’t deserve the spanking ....
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We agree AGAIN! The girl needs discipline (guidance) to reinforce an understanding that bearing false witnesses against a PERSON is not only wrong, but can be dangerous.
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... and seemingly hateful comments directed at her.
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I apologize if I came across as being hateful. Recently in Dublin, OH, for reasons we are unaware, a female teen falsely accused a male teen of “rape,“ making her an MF (Mis-stater of Facts).
It’s one thing to tell Mom or Dad, “I had one beer,“ when you really had two and they were 710ml each - equivalent to four 355ml beers!!
It’s quite another thing to willingly engage in testosterone laden coitus, then accuse the willing partner of force or other elements to reate a felony.
The first lie minimizes consequences of an act, but is directed to an EVENT.
The second lie eliminates consequences of an act, and is directed AGAINST a PERSON.
I’m assuming ‘minor injuries’ means she went straight down with the scissors and knicked herself ACCIDENTALLY. I highly doubt this child is a ‘cutter’ at five or six years old.
Um, no. This isn’t a normal kid thing. Kids do not cut themselves and then tell other people that another little boy did it. While it is not totally normal, it is also not such a big deal that she should be “spanked” and put on antipsychotics. She should apologize to her class and teacher for making up the story, agreed.
However, being the stepmother of a 9-year-old girl, I would be alarmed if she did this. At any age. There is a stark difference between the normal misbehavings of a child and causing bodily harm to themselves or creating a situation where bodily harm is inferred and then blame is placed elsewhere for attention.
All of this drama and speculation and psychological analysis about this? She’s in KINDERGARTEN! That means she’s 5 or 6 years old. She cut her sleeves in Art class because little kids do things like that. They cut each other’s hair, they put gum in each other’s hair, they paint on their desk rather than the paper…it’s a KID THING! The child doesn’t need antipsychotics, she doesn’t need counseling, she needs a lecture and she should be required to apologize. Why? To teach her that she needs to be responsible for her own actions. This isn’t news worthy, I agree with the previous poster, but have we gotten so hyped up by the media and the whole ‘Zero tolerance’ thing, that we freak out when a Kindergartener does something NORMAL and fibs about it? Gees people…have the occasional independant thought for heaven sake!
Seriously? Lots of comments on a subject that is so totally NOT news worthy. Only responded to the amount of comments thinking it was a really big story…sad actually. Who decided this was what the public needed to hear about?
Shocking?...no Funny?...no Interesting?...no Informative?...no
Drivle?...Absolutely!
Lady:
I’m not sure if your comment is serious or someone just joking around, but for the world’s sake, I’m hoping for the latter rather than the former.
Girls are not allowed to play with boys after kindergarten??? LOL!!! That is the most absurd thing I’ve had and I have to assume your standards are derived from some antiquated religious or cultural practices.
I think it’s unfair to make assumptions about this girl. No one posting comments on here knows her or her family.
As for the rest of your jumble in this comment, I’m not sure anyone would know what or who you are referencing.
Little girls learn young that they are held to higher standards then the little boys. When boys come home torn up, dirty and sweaty they’re just being little boys. When girls come home in the same condition, its because they’ve been playing with little boys - and that’s not allowed after kindergarten.
She cut her clothes in art class? Kids who don’t have a lot of experience with scissors cut up all kinds of things. The one thing she did understand was she gonna get in trouble at home for not being little Miss Perfection.
Instead of knowing what’s feasible, she went all the way to NYPD Blue for this story. That’s what she sees on TV, she doesn’t know it’s not reality.
While you guys want to be critical of little girls who lie to defend themsevles, you might want to remember that she was trained young to be responsible and reliable, to take care of hearth and home while you’re at work, hanging with the guys to play B-Ball because you’re so stressed. And, and don’t forget those couple of beers to put just the right finish on the day.
Your wife is home - lying about you - telling the world how hard you work, and what a great guy you are.
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