9 yr old charged with sexual assault

[mojo]

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/011/region/Girl_9_charged_with_sexual_ass:.shtml

Girl, 9, charged with sexual assault
By Associated Press, 1/11/2002 14:17
MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) A 9-year-old girl has been arrested on sex charges, perhaps the youngest suspect ever to face such charges in Manchester, local police say.

The elementary school student was charged last week with fourth-degree sexual assault, a misdemeanor, and three counts of risk of injury to a minor, a felony, said Manchester police Sgt. John Maston.

If convicted on all four charges, the girl, who was not identified by police, could face up to four years at a state juvenile facility.

Maston would not discuss specifics, but said the girl denies the allegations.

''Because she's in denial, we want to show her the seriousness of what happened, and to get her to open up,'' Maston said.

The alleged incident occurred in the fall, when the girl and three other children a 3-year-old boy and two girls, 4 and 5 were playing in a bedroom, Maston said.

The girl is charged with initiating sex between the younger children and then with her, Maston said.

The alleged incident was discovered by a parent of one of the younger children, Maston said.

The parents of the three alleged victims asked police to investigate, he said.

The girl lives with her mother, who placed her in a counseling program, Maston said.

''I'm confident that mom is doing the appropriate stuff so there's no danger to other children,'' he said.

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by DarkFury
Dayuuum....

A 9 year old FEMALE sex offender? What is the world coming to? :2far:

Well, we've seen what the 9 year olds on this board are capable of. :rolleyes:

Anyway, though... I find this hard to fathom. I mean, I don't always like to hold the parents accountable for their children's actions... but she had to have learned that from someone. Whether the parents are letting her see somethings that she shouldn't be exposed to or letting her watch programs on TV that she shouldn't be watching I don't know. But this seriously sounds like something that she's been exposed to something and considers it appropriate. :disa:

[Kim]

Geez, I didn't even know what sex WAS when I was nine.:(

[attgig]

I think I realized what sex was ..... mmmm...around 5th or 6th grade...
10 years old?

all it did was gross me out....

will a 3 or 4 year old remember this when they grow up?
the 5 prolly...
but i dunno...
kinda sick......

[CornMonkey]

that's some messed up stuff..

[Windsor]

:stupid:


So very very screwed up. THose kids'll be better off being brianwashed...NOW. Perhaps they'll be deathly afraid of sex now :eek:

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by Kim
Geez, I didn't even know what sex WAS when I was nine.:( :stupid:


no thoughts of sex till a few years later...



3 4 & a 5 year old...


it is hard to belive

[Sir_Froggy]

:puke:

that's messed up

[ArkiStan]

I don't think it's really messed up. A young child could have easily seen the act of "intercourse" on TV or something and not even knowing the significance or purpose of the act, and without any harmful intentions, tried to imitate it. This could simply be a case of curiosity. Young children see guns on TV and many many kids die from misplaced and misused guns every single day. They do not even know what a gun is and what it is for. Monkey see monkey do. Do you ever accuse these children of being cold blooded murderers?? Rather than blaming the child, blame the media (as cliche as it is).

[Burzhui]

poor kids... all they did was play doctor, this can f*ck them up for good :(

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by ucbstan
Young children see guns on TV and many many kids die from misplaced and misused guns every single day. They do not even know what a gun is and what it is for. Monkey see monkey do. Do you ever accuse these children of being cold blooded murderers?? Rather than blaming the child, blame the media (as cliche as it is).

That's why you take your kid, when they are 3 or 4, out into the woods. You walk around until you find the cutest, cuddliest, little animal, and then you wait for them to point, laugh, and giggle at it. Then, you pull out a gun, blow it into a hundred, bloody, little chunks and say, "See, this is what guns are capable of. This is why you never point a gun at anything you don't intend on killing. Now thank the little animal for its sacrifice, and we can go home."

[sbp]

Originally posted by ucbstan
Young children see guns on TV and many many kids die from misplaced and misused guns every single day.Not as many as you would think. Teenage gangbangers shooting each other count in the numbers.

[ArkiStan]

My bad. Scratch out one of those "many"s I wrote.

But to get back to the original topic...


Originally posted by Kim
Geez, I didn't even know what sex WAS when I was nine.:(

Exactly. My point was that the child who initiated the sex might not have known what he/she was doing, but rather simply imitating what she saw somewhere(TV, parents' bedroom...). And this "sex" doesn't even involve killing like the gun accidents I brought up. So how many nine year olds learn that having sex is "bad?" I hope they do enough investigating before you actually prosecute the kid. I don't know if the kid is innocent, but I's day she has a pretty good case.

[BrewMaster]

i'm not going to try to answer the gun thing.

all i know is that a few of my VERy close friends were abused when they were little and it left them with issues until they saw counselors in college. they kids may nto realize it until way later, but this sh1t is going to mes up the way they relate with other people unless they get some good counseling. abuse is such a powerful way to hurt someone, even if it comes from a "peer" and not an adult. one of my friends was abused by her cousin who was a few years older than her. it had the same hurtful effects as if it had come from an adult, so we can't write this off as just "kids experiementing." this is sick and saddening. just cuz the kid saw it on TV, doesn't make it ok. I hope the counselign program for the 9 year old wakes her up and stops this from becoming a habit later in life.

[ArkiStan]

All the criminal/legal investigations and procedures regarding this case will probably traumatize the kids far more negatively than the actual incident itself. Of course I don't know the details of the incident, but somehow I don't think you can really compare this to a case where a child is sexually harassed by an adult. But Brewmaster, I agree that this may become a habit and that must be prevented at all costs.

[Grimm]

This is really sick. Kids are curious and will experement. That's why they need supervision. The parents could not have anticipated this and can't be blamed for not watching her 24/7 (unless they taught her this behavior, then they should be shot). Treating he like a criminal is sick. How was she supposed to know what she was doing was wrong? As a nation we do not talk to our kids about sex. It's some big adult thing that we tell kids that they do not need to know about.
The kids need counseling, all of them. Court will not improve this situation one bit.
I wish I could be the judge in this case. I would lock the prosecutor up for 90 days, contempt of court, wasting my time. And dismiss the chatges but order counseling for all the children involved.

Nine year olds do not have sex drives. They have curiosity and mimic others. The girl found out too much without being told what she needed to know.

Thinking that a stint in a juvinile facility will help this is sick, sick, SICK!!!

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by Grimm
This is really sick. Kids are curious and will experement. That's why they need supervision. The parents could not have anticipated this and can't be blamed for not watching her 24/7 (unless they taught her this behavior, then they should be shot). Treating he like a criminal is sick. How was she supposed to know what she was doing was wrong? As a nation we do not talk to our kids about sex.

I think Victorianism is still quiet alive and well in our modern, "enlightened" society. :rolleyes:

[BigJon]

This sounds like just a big mess between the parents of the kids....not the kids themselves. You know, that whole, "you should have taught your child better" bullshnit...they are just punishing the kid because they can't blame it on the parents. I think this is just stupid. Scold the kid, spank her, don't send her to jail!

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by BigJon
This sounds like just a big mess between the parents of the kids....not the kids themselves. You know, that whole, "you should have taught your child better" bullshnit...they are just punishing the kid because they can't blame it on the parents. I think this is just stupid. Scold the kid, spank her, don't send her to jail!

But now she's been tainted!!!

Please...:rolleyes: