Aberdeen High School Students Call Attention To Alleged Sexual Assaults, Police Investigate Suspected Gang Violence

ABERDEEN, Md. (WJZ) — A flyer circulating astatine Aberdeen High School alleges intersexual battle and harassment astatine the schoolhouse is going uninvestigated by officers and the administration, the Aberdeen Police Department said.

According to spokesperson Lt. Will Reiber, contempt the allegations connected the flyer, the section has not received reports of immoderate specified incidents.

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On Thursday, immoderate students program to deterioration achromatic t-shirts with teal handprints connected them to amusement solidarity with intersexual battle consciousness victims.

“For the radical who won’t talk up oregon can’t talk up due to the fact that of fear, we’re speaking up for them done the achromatic shirts,” pupil Jasmine Torres said.

This is portion of a staged sit-in astatine 11 a.m.

“School administrators are acknowledging the repercussions and effects the allegations person had connected the schoolhouse and privation to guarantee students cognize they are determination to enactment them and guarantee their safety,” said Jillian Lader, a spokesperson for Harford County Public Schools “While students volition person grade-level meetings time morning, we recognize students would similar to workout their close to protest. To guarantee students tin bash truthful safely, the schoolhouse volition supply a harmless determination connected field for students to clasp their protest.”

The flyer listed names of the alleged perpetrators, Lt. Reiber confirmed.

“There were names associated connected that flyer and arsenic a result, 1 of those individuals that were named connected the flyer was assaulted,” Reiber said.

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A pupil was charged Monday for allegedly carrying retired that assault. It is 1 of respective carnal fights the section is investigating, immoderate of which are suspected to person ties with gangs, the section said.

Over the past week, the section has investigated aggregate incidents involving teens with alleged pack ties committing assaults successful the community, Lt. Reiber said.

Investigators person identified 3 students allegedly progressive successful an battle that occurred Monday greeting astatine the precocious school. The suspects were charged with battle and reckless endangerment.

Two of the 3 students were besides identified successful different convulsive attack, Lt. Reiber stated. In this incident, a kid was hospitalized and is inactive recovering there. The 2 students were besides charged successful this crime.

Because of the caller drawstring of violence, determination volition beryllium a heightened constabulary beingness connected campus.

“We person 5 to 8 officers that are connected schoolhouse grounds connected immoderate fixed day,” Lt. Reiber explained. “Some person specialized grooming successful extortion from gangs. We person transgression analysts from Harford County’s State’s Attorney’s Office that are helping america validate and verify if immoderate of these juveniles are successful information portion of the caller gangs that are successful the area.”

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The constabulary section is asking parents and students with accusation oregon concerns to interaction their bureau oregon the school.