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Girl, 14, Dies By Suicide Days After Filmed Attack At Ocean County High School Girl, 14, Dies By Suicide Days After Filmed Attack At Ocean County High School
Girl, 14, Dies By Suicide Days After Filmed Attack At Ocean County High School UPDATE: Superintendent Resigns After Controversial Comments On Jersey Shore Teen's Suicide Adriana Olivia Kuch was always a happy child, her father Michael Kuch says. "She was a wild child," he told Daily Voice on Thursday, Feb. 9. "She wanted to have fun." On Feb. 3, Kuch and his wife found their 14-year-old daughter dead by suicide in their Bayville home — two days after she was the victim of an attack in the halls of Central Regional High School. Kuch says these types of attacks at the hands of a group of girls have been an ongoing issue at CRHS, and now, he's calling for action. "Th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Student Solicited Peer For Oral Sex As NJ School Admins Failed To Act, Lawsuit Says Student Solicited Peer For Oral Sex As NJ School Admins Failed To Act, Lawsuit Says
Student Solicited Peer For Oral Sex As NJ School Admins Failed To Act, Lawsuit Says A former Morris County elementary school student’s parents have filed a lawsuit against the district with claims that administrators failed to follow anti-bullying policies while their son was severely harassed -- and even solicited for oral sex by another student, NJHerald reports. The former Sussex Avenue Elementary School student was bullied based on his perceived sexual orientation during the 2019-2020 academic year, according to the lawsuit filed last week in Morris County Superior Court.  The boy was using a urinal when he was approached by another student who propositi…

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by Valerie Musson
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'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12 'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12
'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12 After all these months of remote learning, an Elmwood Park mom couldn’t figure out why her 7th-grade daughter resisted returning to a classroom. “She begged me not to send her back,” the young mom said. “I couldn’t understand why. She is well-liked and intelligent. It didn’t make sense.” Then her daughter showed her screen shots of racist comments left under a TikTok video of her dancing with friends by three male students at Elmwood Park Memorial Middle School.  A sampling: “KKK for life” “pick my cotton I need some more” “when I find you you will pay for escaping the farm” “HISPANIC L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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‘Go Back To Mexico’: Boy, 13, Charged With Knocking Out Passaic Mom, Beating Son ‘Go Back To Mexico’: Boy, 13, Charged With Knocking Out Passaic Mom, Beating Son
‘Go Back To Mexico’: Boy, 13, Charged With Knocking Out Passaic Mom, Beating Son Authorities confirmed Tuesday that they’d seized a 13-year-old Passaic boy who they said knocked out a mother with a punch, leaving her with serious injuries, after bullying her son and telling him to “go back to Mexico.” The information was released following a news report in which Beronica Ruiz described being attacked after picking up her 12-year-old son from The Gifted and Talented Academy on Monroe Street in Passaic around 5 p.m. last Wednesday. The 7th-grader was also punched by the older boy in the Lexington Avenue attack, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco