11 more kids charged in East High fights released on house arrest
YOUNGSTOWN
The 11 additional students charged this week in a series of fights March 8 at East High School have all been taken into custody and arraigned.
The last of the 11 were arraigned Thursday in Mahoning County Juvenile Court. All defendants spent the night in detention before their arraignments and were then released on house arrest.
Court dates have not been set for the cases.
A total of 14 people – 13 juveniles and one 18-year-old student – have been charged in connection with the fights, which broke out about 11:20 a.m. March 8 and started over a pair of scuffed shoes.
More than two dozen police officers had to respond to the school to restore order.
Charges range from misdemeanor counts of assault, failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, aggravated menacing, misconduct at an emergency and disorderly conduct to second-degree felony counts of inducing panic and fourth-degree felony counts of aggravated riot.
Penalties for the inducing-panic charge are a minimum of 12 months in the custody of the Department of Youth Services up to age 21 and for the aggravated-riot charge, a minimum of six months in the custody of DYS up to age 21.
Penalties for misdemeanor sentences are up to 180 days in detention in the Martin P. Joyce Juvenile Justice Center.
None of the students who have been charged have been back to school since the fights broke out. The school was closed for a day and a half because of the fights.
Read more about the cases in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.