Authorities: Fifth-graders posted lookout, had sex in class

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 Authorities: Fifth-graders posted lookout, had sex in class

• Four students allegedly have sex in classroom while fifth acts as lookout
• Four children charged with obscenity, fifth with being an accessory
• Teacher who was to supervise class went to assembly instead
• Word of incident passes from students to teacher to sheriff's office

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Five fifth-grade students face criminal charges after authorities said four of them had sex in front of other students in an unsupervised classroom and kept a classmate posted as a lookout for teachers.

The students were arrested Tuesday at the Spearsville school in rural north Louisiana, authorities said. Two 11-year-old girls, a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year old boy were charged with obscenity, a felony. An 11-year-old boy, the alleged lookout, was charged with being an accessory.

"After 44 years of doing this work, nothing shocks me anymore," said Union Parish Sheriff Bob Buckley. "But this comes pretty close."

Authorities said the incident happened March 27 at the school, which houses students from kindergarten through 12th grade. A high school teacher normally watches the fifth-grade class at the time, but went to an assembly for older students and the class was inadvertently left unattended, Buckley said. (Watch authorities try to determine if a crime was committed Video)

The class, which had around 10 other students, was alone for about 15 minutes, he said.

"When no teacher showed up, the four began to have sex in the classroom with the other elementary students in the classroom with them," he said.

It took a day for authorities to find out about the incident. A student who had been in the class told a high school student about it the next day, Buckley said. The student told a teacher, and school officials notified the sheriff's office. Detectives began questioning students Thursday.

School officials did not return calls seeking comment.

The students, who were not identified because of their age, were released to their parents after their arrests, Buckley said. They will next be arraigned in juvenile court.

A message seeking comment from the district attorney was not immediately returned.

Buckley said it was unclear what penalties the children could face.

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[The Man From G.O.P.]

Gross, but there's no moral decay in America right?


^^^ not a promotion of religion

[TheresNoMoney]

Gross, but there's no moral decay in America right?

It's all the same as it's ever been. No better, no worse. Someting like this easily could've (and probably did) happen 25 years ago as well.

EDITED: In reality, crime in the United States has been trending downwards for something like 25 years now.

We only think it's worse because the media focuses on stories like this.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

Gross, but there's no moral decay in America right?

It's all the same as it's ever been. No better, no worse. Someting like this easily could've (and probably did) happen 25 years ago as well.

EDITED: In reality, crime in the United States has been trending downwards for something like 25 years now.

We only think it's worse because the media focuses on stories like this.

I know it gets more attention, but I don't know about 5th graders.

[TheresNoMoney]

I know it gets more attention, but I don't know about 5th graders.

Poor, inner city schools have always had crazy things happen in them.

[Reaganfan]

Jeez...I was almost 14 years old the first time I...came of age. Crazy stuff.

[Gabu]

Jeez...I was almost 14 years old the first time I...came of age.

See, Mike, there's a point at which normal people just stop talking.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

Jeez...I was almost 14 years old the first time I...came of age. Crazy stuff.

You're a virgin there's no fibbing on this forum don't make der Fuherer Alcon ban you for it.

[minionofmidas]

Gross, but there's no moral decay in America right?

It's all the same as it's ever been. No better, no worse. Someting like this easily could've (and probably did) happen 25 years ago as well.

EDITED: In reality, crime in the United States has been trending downwards for something like 25 years now.

We only think it's worse because the media focuses on stories like this.

I know it gets more attention, but I don't know about 5th graders.

A hundred and fifty years ago, these kids would already have been married.

[Wakie]

How would you like to be the father of the girl involved?  This is clearly a girl desperate for attention.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I guess I was more surprised by the fact that there is a 13 year old in 5th grade...

[Wakie]

I guess I was more surprised by the fact that there is a 13 year old in 5th grade...

Are you kidding me?  I have a brother who is 3 years older than me.  There was a kid who was supposed to be a year older than him who was in his 2nd grade class.  By the time I reached 10th grade the kid was in my class.  When I graduated he was a year behind me.  I'm not really even sure HOW it was legal for him to be (by my math) a 22 yr old high school student, but he was there.

[opebo]

Hot stuff!  Weird that they 'charged' them.. wish they gave more details.