Archive for teenager

Teen hailed as hero after saving toddler from rooftop

Monday, April 30th, 2012

A teenager is getting the hero treatment from his Vancouver, Wash. community after he saved a toddler from a two-story fall on Sunday. The local sheriff’s department said the 18-month-old boy was supposed to be napping along with a 2-year-old boy when the children wondered through a damaged screen door in their apartment. The screen ... read more »

Alabama teen accused of killing classmate arrested in Dallas

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

An Alabama teenager who allegedly killed a classmate was arrested in Dallas yesterday after police tracked his mother’s cell phone to find their whereabouts. Hammad Memon, 16, and his mother, Safia, may have been planning to flee the U.S. when Texas authorities arrested them at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Alabama police Lt. John Stringer told ... read more »

Teenagers’ IQs fluctuate over time

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Any parent of a teenager knows how quickly their moods can change, but what they may not know is that their intellect can change as well. A study study published Thursday in the journal Nature reveals that different areas of teenage brains associated with different kinds of intelligence seem to expand and contract as teens learn and ... read more »

Family of hate crime-murder victim asks for death penalty to be removed

Friday, September 30th, 2011

The family of James Craig Anderson has asked the state of Mississippi and federal officials to remove the death penalty from the table in regards to the seven white teenagers who allegedly murdered Anderson in the early morning of June 26. In a letter written by Anderson’s sister, as reported by CNN.com, states: “We ask ... read more »

Police discover teenage girl strapped with bomb in Australia

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Australian police have found a teenage girl wearing a ‘collar bomb’ – explosives which are strapped around her neck. The 18-year-old girl was inside a mansion along a street known as ‘Millionaires Row’: it is being reported that a man wearing a balaclava entered the house and strapped the bomb around the girl, along with ... read more »

Chinese doctors remove 50cm sword from boys head

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Zhang Bin, aged 15-years-old, said he invited a group of teenage boys to his house, and one bought the 50cm large sword with him. “Three classmates came to visit me at home and one of them bought a sword. He stood 3 – 4 metres away. I don’t know how the sword could fly to ... read more »

Teenager accidentally burns house down looking for dog

Friday, April 15th, 2011

A teenage boy, age 15, was looking for dog, using a candle to light his way. While looking underneath his bed, he inadvertently lit his bed on fire. While the fire started to burn out of control, the boy got a garden hose to try to extinguish it but ultimately failed. The fire wound up ... read more »

Teen bullies light classmates hair on fire

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

It happened on a school bus. A taunted teenager was listening to his music when 3 other teenage bullies sat by him and proceeded to light his hair on fire. The victim is Devin Lewis, a 15 year old Middletown High School student in Ohio. He is still shocked by the cruelty of the act. ... read more »

13-year-old beats elderly couple, rapes woman

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Wow, not to get too judgmental but in this instance we feel safe to say that the parents of this young Moreno Valley, California, teenager DEFINITELY FAILED in their job. We can’t even imagine the home life that would produce such a screwed up kid. Officers were called to the scene at 8:12 a.m. March ... read more »