Jena 6 teen jailed again
A judge in Jena, La., ordered a black teenager back to jail, deciding the fight that put him in the national spotlight violated terms of his probation for a previous conviction, his attorney said. Mychal Bell, who along with five other black teenagers in the “Jena Six” case is accused of beating a white classmate, was sentenced to 18 months in jail on two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property.
Cops: Mom bought guns
The mother of a 14-year-old who authorities say had a cache of guns and explosives in his bedroom for a possible school attack was charged Friday with buying her son three weapons in Norristown, Pa. Michele Cossey, 46, bought her home-schooled son, Dillon, a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle and a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle, authorities said. Dillon felt bullied and tried to recruit a boy for a high school attack, authorities said.
Report links deaths, filth
Nurses who didn’t wash their hands and left patients lying in soiled beds were cited in an official report blaming mismanagement for the deaths of 90 people who contracted a bacterial infection in hospitals in southern England. “Significant failings” at all levels contributed to infections of more than 1,000 patients at three hospitals, Britain’s Healthcare Commission said Thursday.
Dutch ban ‘shroom sales
The Netherlands will ban the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms, the government announced Friday, rolling back one element of the country’s permissive drug policy after a teenager on a school visit jumped to her death after taking the fungus. The decision will go into effect within several months, said Wim van der Weegen, a Justice Ministry spokesman.
AND FINALLY …
Blame chicken nuggets
A 6-year-old Broomfield, Colo., boy who tried to drive his grandmother’s car to Applebee’s said he won’t do it again. Josh Barber said he was hungry for some chicken nuggets when he woke up early Tuesday while his grandmother was still sleeping. His mother was recovering from surgery at the time and his father was still at work. Barber backed up 75 feet from her house into a transformer, knocking out electricity and phone service to dozens of townhouses.
