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Teens Can Pay Heavy Price for Pranks Gone Wrong

By Steven Rodriguez

Kids are home from school with time on their hands. They get to joshing around and come up with some crazy idea that they think is hysterical. A prank is born. On the surface these teenage antics seem harmless enough, but every year silly pranks get people killed. Every year seemingly harmless pranks go wrong and people get hurt or carted off to jail and some people die. What your teen and his friends think is funny may be considered a malicious act of vandalism by stressed home or business owners. Unsuspecting victims not in on the joke often mistake the situation for real and act accordingly. Panksters have been mistaken for burglars and shot. Roadway hazards have caused fatal accidents. Sometimes through pure chance pranksters prey on the wrong person...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on December 29, 2008 (boomark / email).