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Boston Area High School Student Arrested For Assault Threats At Graduation

By Altman & Altman

The Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School graduation was last week. One of the hopeful graduates, 17-year-old Pauline F. (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) was all set to take that exciting step. But things did not go as planned. Now, she needs something else?a lawyer. You see, the Defendant was arrested at the site of the graduation before she could actually receive her high school diploma. Police Officer Sean Lowe was working a paid uniform detail for the graduation when a commotion erupted as more than 300 cap-and-gown clad graduating students lined up to walk across the stage. According to law enforcement, the Defendant, dressed in her black graduation gown, was shouting obscenities while pacing back and forth and crying. And why was she crying? Well, apparently, CRLS Principal Christopher Saheed and John Silva, the security director at the high school, had told the Defendant that she would not be allowed to walk across the stage with her class...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).