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Five Male Students Arrested For Allegedly Groping Female Classmates

November 24, 2009 by Morbid  

Filed under: Crime, Sexual Assault 

Five Male Students Arrested For Allegedly Groping Female Classmates

LONG BEACH, California – Last Tuesday, five Polytechnic High School boys, reportedly members of the football and basketball teams, inappropriately touched two freshman girls during lunch. They are accused of surrounding two ninth-grade girls near the high school’s student store and touching their breasts, buttocks and privates. The five were arrested individually last week, and now face misdemeanor sexual battery charges. Three of boys have been suspended for five days and two others will be sent to alternative schools. “These students are facing some significant disciplinary measures for it,’ Chris Eftychiou, spokesman for the Long Beach Unified School District said. “We don’t turn a blind eye to that sort of thing.” Poly Co-Principal Victor Jarels sent a letter to parents Monday informing them about the incident and noting that the school is arranging sexual harassment sensitivity training for freshman boys.

Five Male Students Arrested For Allegedly Groping Female Classmates
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  • Uvgottabkiddin
    look if a teen girl can be charged with child porn for sending a nekkid picture of herself to her teenaged boyfriend, who of course, she will be with forrrreeeever, I imagine these boys being arrested, jailed, charged (whatever) is a no brainer.
  • Boughtthefarm
    It really isn't the schools place to be teaching these kids about respect. Their parents should have done that already. Obviously they aren't getting any kind of education at home or they wouldn't think it ok to grope girls.
  • Jury
    Hey, Jury, may I ask what you mean here? Asking honestly. I don’t get the Keyshawn Johnson reference. Did he assault someone? Are you saying these guys deserve a pass because they are on the football and basketball teams?? I don’t get it…is there a backstory?


    This reference is from ESPN and is now like an icon with KJ, where he talks about plays and says Cmon Man, at certain plays. You have to see to understand.

    He was a running back for the Miami Dolphins


    My team! who was it?
  • Where I grew up, getting arrested would have been far less "extreme" than what would have happened to these fools. We would certainly not have let the cops have had all the fun. I really don't see your point Jury, we have a juvenile court system cause kids this age get arrested all the time. If this was my daughter or sister, jail would be the safest place for these idiots.
  • Leila
    Between the ages of 9 and 11, a friend's brother, who was two years older than me (so, he would have been 11-13), would get me alone, pull out his penis, and make me touch it. He would also fondle my chest and touch my butt and try to grope my crotch. He was fond of touching my neck, for whatever reason. I was terrified, and mortified, and I never told anyone.

    Five years ago my little sister confided in me that he had done the same thing to her.

    If I could travel back in time, I'd happily see him locked away. If he had only touched us inappropriately once or twice, I'd still see want him punished by law enforcement. Simply being touched can be traumatizing, and those boys deserved exactly what they got. It's sexual assault.
  • Dirk
    The rare "allegedly" in the headline is kind of reminiscent of our legal system's famed presumption of innocence. Doesn't sound like a felony. Hopefully the kids won't become RSOs when they're older.
  • defenestratethis
    Anyone who gropes at a persons sexual parts deserves heavy consequences. Period. A parent should feel fairly confident, that when her/his daughter goes off to school that morning, she wont be facing the possibility that male sudents will be grabbing her crotch and breasts. Some people think, "Whats the big deal, it was only touching, not rape...no blood was shed." But believe me, it leaves a mark, and if it isnt dealt with seriously, a girl is victimized all over again.
  • sugarglider
    I understand why some may take it a certain way, but come on man (Keyshawn Johnson, football fans) to attack what is not there.


    Hey, Jury, may I ask what you mean here? Asking honestly. I don't get the Keyshawn Johnson reference. Did he assault someone? Are you saying these guys deserve a pass because they are on the football and basketball teams?? I don't get it...is there a backstory?
  • sugarglider
    Okay, Jury, that's cool, but you do still stand by what you say. I stand by what I said, too. Although the details on this case are few, I don't find the arrest of these 5 guys to be at all inappropriate. The girls told the authorities, and the authorities acted. Yes, people turned a blind eye to many things back in the day, and sometimes now, but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Why do you think it is inappropriate for the arrest? Is it because you honestly don't think these girls' right to be free of interference was violated? Is it because you don't think this was a violent crime? Because there was no "penetration"? I don't get where you are coming from.

    Plus, you have to figure, the California school system would want to try to be pretty on the up-and-up about such incidents considering that a female student a few weeks ago in Richmond, CA was gangraped and beaten outside a school dance and had to be airlifted out (worse yet, there were witnesses who did nothing). I mean, CA schools just did all this sensitivity awareness stuff about sexual assault and yet these 5 guys in the article above still did what they did? Well, then, this is the result, a result that would seem--from the details we have been given--to be deserved under the law.

    We'll see what happens next. An arrest is an arrest is an arrest and, as Athena says, that is all it is. Meanwhile, 3 of the guys will be back at the school, and 2 of them will be at other schools.
  • MadeaBecBec
    When I was in the ninth grade (way back when) I was at my locker getting books for my next class, a huge football player reached his hand up my dress between my legs and pulled on my crotch and panties, I wheeled around and slapped him hard, I also reported him to the principal, he was suspended from school and two football games, plus he received a paddling. I know his name and he is, now, a family man and a decent person. I don't think, in the early seventies that there were charges or arrests made for assaults like this, but the school staff handled my situation well. And the guy didn't do that again to any highschool girls, went on to play football for the pros, too! He was a running back for the Miami Dolphins....
  • Veronica
    And Veronica, remember, we agree more than we disagree.


    Yeah, I've picked up on that... :)
  • Jury
    Well, after listening to the girls (party!) I do understand what you are saying. Like I said, I was refering to their age and being arrested, just that. In my days they would be suspended or expelled. That is why I said what I said. I still stand by it. I have been grabbed many times (of course much younger age), I just hit the person and walked on. I understand why some may take it a certain way, but come on man (Keyshawn Johnson, football fans) to attack what is not there. Sugarpie, sorry for the heels dug in.

    And Veronica, remember, we agree more than we disagree.
  • Here's what you might be missing, Jury - people get arrested for any number of things. "Arrested" isn't the same as "jailed". I was arrested for reckless driving, once, but I never had cuffs placed on me nor was I detained. See what I'm getting at? So, while we may or may not disagree on the severity of the crime, I don't think the severity of the response was as severe as you might have been thinking.
  • sugarglider
    p.s. what is sexual assault other than touching? I do not imagine these guys were gently caressing these gals, but it would not matter even if so. Plenty of child molesters gently caress children. It doesn't matter. Unwanted touching is unwanted touching, no matter what. It is everyone's right not to be assaulted.
  • sugarglider
    Jury...do men in bars go to jail for this...well, only if the woman being assaulted isn't a doormat...

    Whether you are a male or female yourself, think about it this way: if someone you did not want to touch you came up and put their hands on your genitals in an unwanted manner, would you feel you had been assaulted? The reason I assumed you are a guy is because very few women have not experienced such a thing at some point, somewhere, and would understand exactly how this would be.

    Now, if you ARE a guy, you may be tempted to joke around at this point and say that it would be just fine for some hot gal to come up and do that...but in that case try and see it from someone else's eyes. Would you want 5 guys coming up and doing it to you? No, you would feel degraded and threatened and outraged that they took these unwanted liberties with your body, and rightly so.

    Arrest isn't extreme. An assault is an assault. Clearly, they grabbed these girls' breasts, stuck their hands in their crotches, etc. Just imagine being one of these girls with these 5 guys coming at them like that. Assault doesn't have to involve penetration. I mean, really. And I'm glad these girls got authorities involved. Perhaps it will prevent these gangbangers from doing worse in the future. Unfortunately, perhaps they did also did not think there was any big deal about doing what they did. It seems that you did not, either. But it IS a big deal, and that's a fact.
  • Golden.Aurelia
    I think maybe the school officials were sending a message to everyone else and not taking sexual harrassment lghtly. Imagine how these young girls felt when they were surrounded by these boys? I'm sure they didn't think it was fun. I doubt anyone else in that school system will overstep the boundries of another person for a very long time.
  • Veronica
    People please, come on. Don’t jump me because I think arrest is extreme. All of you except Athena has attacked me as if I am for the boys and that it is ok for them to do what they did. All I said is that is a little much for touching. My point, do men in bars go to jail for this? Still others take that as if I agree with the guys. Also, those of you who know me know I don’t have the elegance in writing as others, such as Athena or Veronica.

    If you want to ask a question, then ask it, instead of attacking like sugarpie and others do just because I ask a question as if it is extreme.

    How do you know I am not a girl?


    Well, first off, having my name and "elegance" appear in the same sentence will always brighten my day...:)

    Jury, I know firsthand that you sometimes come off in a way that (I now know) is not your intention. I know it sucks to be called out but maybe just see it as being misunderstood rather than attacked personally. Knowing you as I do I assumed your initial comment about the bars was a joke, but I think when someone challenges you, you sort of stubbornly dig your heels in and play devil's advocate for the position someone THINKS you're taking rather than the one you had initially, if that makes sense. But geez, can't we all just get along? :)

    I think we can all agree that these kids are assholes. And I know how you feel about asshole teens, Jury!
  • Jury
    People please, come on. Don't jump me because I think arrest is extreme. All of you except Athena has attacked me as if I am for the boys and that it is ok for them to do what they did. All I said is that is a little much for touching. My point, do men in bars go to jail for this? Still others take that as if I agree with the guys. Also, those of you who know me know I don't have the elegance in writing as others, such as Athena or Veronica.

    If you want to ask a question, then ask it, instead of attacking like sugarpie and others do just because I ask a question as if it is extreme.

    How do you know I am not a girl?
  • granny-g
    I still to this day remember the time when I was assaulted by a boy on the school bus. I was only in the 1st or 2nd grade! The memory still makes me feel dirty. And for those that think it is no big deal ....all he did was grab my crotch in front of the entire bus full of children. The "School
    personnel" felt like "Jury" hey just a little "Boys being boys"
    That is Bullshit!!! For years I had to wonder what I had done to make this happen....and why if it was no big deal did I feel so violated.
  • sugarglider
    This isn’t a case of a guy goosing a girl as she walked past, this is a case of five guys (athletes who almost certainly towered over freshman girls) ganging up to sexually assault two young girls. The next step for these guys is rape.

    They need to be taught now that touching someone against their wishes (particularly sexually) is not acceptable. Before they get to college and figure it doesn’t matter what a girl says, they can do whatever they want.


    Hear, hear.

    I go to bars and when someone grabs my ass… I get them kicked out. In no way is it ever okay to grab someone inappropriately. I am def. not one of those girls who puts up with that kind of crap. There should be more girls like these who are willing to stand up for themselves.


    Hear, hear.

    It's both surprising and sickening that anyone would have any other kind of response to this article. "The article never said insertion of fingers"?! Oh, well, in that case... Puh-leeze!
  • Golden.Aurelia
    I go to bars and when someone grabs my ass... I get them kicked out. In no way is it ever okay to grab someone inappropriately. I am def. not one of those girls who puts up with that kind of crap. There should be more girls like these who are willing to stand up for themselves.
  • Deety
    This isn't a case of a guy goosing a girl as she walked past, this is a case of five guys (athletes who almost certainly towered over freshman girls) ganging up to sexually assault two young girls. The next step for these guys is rape.

    They need to be taught now that touching someone against their wishes (particularly sexually) is not acceptable. Before they get to college and figure it doesn't matter what a girl says, they can do whatever they want.
  • sugarglider
    You waited 3 months to catch an oinker online. Get a life Beulah.


    I literally don't know what anything you're saying means. I'd ask you what you're talking about (Beulah?? 3 months??) if I thought you'd be able to explain yourself.
  • Jury
    Bait Sugar? What are you talking about? You waited 3 months to catch an oinker online. Get a life Beulah.
  • Jury
    One last thing sugar, I never said it was ok, I said it was a little extreme to arrest 13, 14, 15 year old boys (my meaning) for groping. The article never said insertion of fingers. So before you spew yourself lets get that little point straight. It says inappropriate touching. We all know you love being touched you Reverend Flavel in disguise; however, the twisting of ones words and meaning is just a little too much from you Beulah!
  • sugarglider
    Jury, you're a genius! Sorry I didn't discern your superior intelligence from the outset. I can't imagine why I didn't see how brilliant you are. I retract my comments. Oh, wait...never mind.

    This article has served its purpose, i.e., it was excellent bait for exposing an oinker, and, indeed, it did that very thing. Congratulations on taking the bait. Or maybe you want to think just a little bit harder about this one?

    ...Or maybe not. Wouldn't want you to hurt yourself or anything. :)
  • Jury
    And if someone grabbed me in a bar


    Lets be for real, I am sure you would spread em.
  • Jury
    DUH.

    Wow, that's what I think you are.
  • While I've never been groped in 6 years of going to the bar, I did have a guy grab my crotch at a house party, once. He got his ass beat by the guys at the party and THEN got arrested.

    This is sexual assault, Jury, and it's guys who think it's no big deal that contribute to the prevalence of it. A woman shouldn't have to worry about being manhandled against her will anywhere, especially not school.
  • sugarglider
    Hell, Jury, what ELSE do you think is just a little extreme? Touching the "privates" of someone who is passed out? How about a ten year old's privates? How about a 5 year old's?

    Your post really pisses me off. Seriously, you are one stupid mofo if you think that it's cool and fine and just business as usual to go around sexually assaulting people. Do you like it when some guy comes up to you and grabs your d1ck unprovoked? Heck, maybe you do. That would explain a lot about your post!
  • sugarglider
    Eh--got the quotation tags wrong. Translation: yeah, duh, it's illegal. No, times haven't changed. And if someone grabbed me in a bar, I'd have them arrested, too. Good for these young women for standing up for themselves and reporting their assaulters.
  • sugarglider
    Arrested for touching? Sounds just a little extreme. Gosh, times have changed. These ladies are in for some rude awaking when they start heading into bars.


    Nice attitude, "Jury." I hope you're not ON any juries, as you seem to have no comprehension of what is decent--or legal.

    News flash: yeah, grabbing someone's tits without their permission is in fact assault. Or, in legal terms, battery. DUH.
  • Jury
    Arrested for touching? Sounds just a little extreme. Gosh, times have changed. These ladies are in for some rude awaking when they start heading into bars.
  • Abroad
    "sexual harassment sensitivity training"? If you need training to know that you don't feel up women in public - especially, but not exclusively without their consent - you really have no business being in high school.
  • sugarglider
    Douchebags.
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