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Teen accused of beating up former friend has 2 court appearances Tuesday
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -
Channel 4 learned that a Jacksonville teen who's been banned from Duval County Schools for bullying was be back in court Tuesday morning on the aggravated assault charge against her.
Investigators said 14-year-old Paris Cannon beat a Oceanway Middle School classmate unconscious, leaving her victim with a skull fracture and concussion.
Cannon appeared in juvenile court, where she learned she will be arraigned on May 8. Channel 4 has learned two other juveniles are charged as accessories in the case -- one for taping the attack and the other for luring the victim to the place where she was assaulted.
At 10:30 a.m. Cannon is scheduled for a hearing on the order banning Cannon from the school district by Judge Henry Davis -- a decision that has been called unprecedented.
"We have an obligation to do what we can to make schools safe," Davis said last week. "Children ought to be able to go to school and feel safe. They should not have to worry about being beaten up, given physical injuries, permanent injuries at their schools. The schools belong to everybody and not just one person or one group of people."
Investigators said last month, the Oceanway Middle School student dragged her classmate by the hair, slammed her head into a stone wall near campus, then got on top of her punching and slapping her until she was unconscious.
Fourteen-year-old Aria Jewett (pictured, right, in hospital) suffered a fractured skull and concussion.
"I got there before the paramedics and I was just hysterical I didn't know what to say," Jewett's mother Melissia Thomas said. "I didn't know what to do. I was just grateful that my child was alive."
Jewett said the fight started because Cannon thought Jewett was calling her names on Facebook. Her attorney said Cannon is a "serial bully" and is known for videos online show casing her fights with students.
Judge Davis' decision to ban her from school is being called "a landmark" and her defense attorney said he's not sure what his client is supposed to do now.
"From what I understand, the law is that the minor is supposed to be in school," defense attorney Richard Brown said. "By law she's required to be in school and if she's barred from every public school in Duval County, and she lives in Duval County, then I don't know what her educational options would be."
Brown said he plans to appeal the judge's ruling. He said the teen's parents live out of state and she lives with her older sister who works to support them both so she can't home school her or afford private school.
Teen 'serial bully' back in court | News - Home
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -
Channel 4 learned that a Jacksonville teen who's been banned from Duval County Schools for bullying was be back in court Tuesday morning on the aggravated assault charge against her.
Investigators said 14-year-old Paris Cannon beat a Oceanway Middle School classmate unconscious, leaving her victim with a skull fracture and concussion.
Cannon appeared in juvenile court, where she learned she will be arraigned on May 8. Channel 4 has learned two other juveniles are charged as accessories in the case -- one for taping the attack and the other for luring the victim to the place where she was assaulted.
At 10:30 a.m. Cannon is scheduled for a hearing on the order banning Cannon from the school district by Judge Henry Davis -- a decision that has been called unprecedented.
"We have an obligation to do what we can to make schools safe," Davis said last week. "Children ought to be able to go to school and feel safe. They should not have to worry about being beaten up, given physical injuries, permanent injuries at their schools. The schools belong to everybody and not just one person or one group of people."
Investigators said last month, the Oceanway Middle School student dragged her classmate by the hair, slammed her head into a stone wall near campus, then got on top of her punching and slapping her until she was unconscious.
Fourteen-year-old Aria Jewett (pictured, right, in hospital) suffered a fractured skull and concussion.
"I got there before the paramedics and I was just hysterical I didn't know what to say," Jewett's mother Melissia Thomas said. "I didn't know what to do. I was just grateful that my child was alive."
Jewett said the fight started because Cannon thought Jewett was calling her names on Facebook. Her attorney said Cannon is a "serial bully" and is known for videos online show casing her fights with students.
Judge Davis' decision to ban her from school is being called "a landmark" and her defense attorney said he's not sure what his client is supposed to do now.
"From what I understand, the law is that the minor is supposed to be in school," defense attorney Richard Brown said. "By law she's required to be in school and if she's barred from every public school in Duval County, and she lives in Duval County, then I don't know what her educational options would be."
Brown said he plans to appeal the judge's ruling. He said the teen's parents live out of state and she lives with her older sister who works to support them both so she can't home school her or afford private school.
Teen 'serial bully' back in court | News - Home
