Crime & Safety
5 Teens Charged In Violent Beating At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
In Florida, felony battery is a third-degree felony with a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison.
December 21, 2023
Five teenagers have been charged with felony battery after a "physical altercation" at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, police said.
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The Coral Springs Police Department said on Friday that it had obtained arrest affidavits for five teens, aged 15 to 17, involved in the Dec. 12 incident. Four of the teens were in custody as of Dec. 15. The South Florida Sun Sentinel newspaper reported on Monday that the last teen turned himself in to police.
On Dec. 12, officers responded to reports of a fight near the high school student parking lot at around 3 p.m. local time. A student was transported to the hospital with "non-life threatening injuries," the department said at the time.
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