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In Tampa, Florida, in July, Michael Riley asked a 16-year-old girl several times when she would be finished with her call at a pay phone. Finally, exasperated, the girl grabbed a bottle, broke it off at the neck, and slashed Riley three times on the arm. Riley clutched his wound and calmly responded, “Now we have an assault here,” whereupon the girl grabbed the bottle again and stabbed him in the stomach. When police arrived, the girl was still talking on the phone.
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Two teenage boys faced as many as 20 years in prison after being arrested last spring for an armed robbery in Florence, Oregon. They’d been after money, but the victim didn’t have any, so they’d settled for a cigarette.
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Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Slug Signorino.
