Bullying Lawsuit on the Horizon
21 Apr
Bullying Lawsuit on the Horizon
BALTIMORE – Several Liberty Union parents have filed assault charges against a teen they say has been a bully within the school district for years.
According to Baltimore police reports, this teen is the same bully parent Steve Grimm confronted the school district about weeks ago.
Bob Denny, who has two sons in Liberty Union schools, is now filing a civil protection order against this teen in Fairfield County court.
“The verbal threats are I’m going to kill you, I’m coming after you, I’m going to beat you down,” explained Denny, who says he became fed up when school administrators failed to handle the situation.
“We’re not going to take it, I think our next step is to deal with the administration and remove zero tolerance from our school district,” he said.
ABC 6/ Fox 28 reporter A.J. Ross was able to obtain a copy of the accused teen’s juvenile records, which show four assault charges now pending.
“It is unfortunate that parents have to come through my door as an attorney and start taking legal steps to get something done,” said attorney Roger Weaver who is now representing the Denny family.
Weaver says the civil protection order against this teen will be filed in Fairfield County court next Tuesday. Weaver is also in the process of drafting a formal letter to Liberty Union Superintendent Paul Mathews to request a meeting within the next 10 days.
Denny says he wants the teen expelled from Liberty Union Middle School. If the district fails again to confront these ongoing bullying issues, Denny says he and Mr. Weaver are prepared to file a civil suit.
“We are gathering parents together we’ve started a website called KeepLUsafe.org,” he said.
“One only needs to read the paper, be on the internet, and understand that this issue of bullying in schools, one could argue is at epidemic proportion,” said Mr. Weaver. “We’re going to stop it at Liberty Union.”
Bullying Lawsuit on the Horizon
Posted: Thursday, April 21 2011, 06:28 AM EDT
http://www.abc6onyourside.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wsyx_vid_10478.shtml
