Stroth said school administrators are working to accommodate the freshman teenager who will finish out the school year in remote learning. He said she was attacked “without cause or provocation.” “My client did not make any racial statement to the other young woman involved in this incident,” Stroth said. Stroth, who is representing the 14-year-old girl, said there was a “negative” interaction between both girls a few weeks prior to the altercation that the school was made aware of, but there wasn’t a long history of issues between the two. The student who recorded the video also was charged with disorderly conduct, Western Springs police said.Īndrew M. “The investigation remains open as we have referred the matter to the Cook County Juvenile State’s Attorney’s Office for review to see if upgraded charges are warranted,” Western Springs Chief of Police, Brian Budds, said on May 23.īudds’ update comes more than three weeks after Lyons Township High School (LTHS) principal Jennifer Tyrrell notified parents of a social media post showing a video of “a student assaulting another student.” Western Springs police said in a May 2 news release that the altercation resulted in the 14-year-old girl requiring medical treatment for visible injuries. An incident between two students at District 204 Lyons Township High School in suburban Western Springs last month resulted in criminal charges against a 16-year-old girl from La Grange, according to the Western Springs Police Department.Ī 16-year-old Black sophomore student was arrested for battery after confronting a 14-year-old white freshman student and striking her multiple times on the school’s south campus around 1 p.m.
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