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Crayon Battle Draws Felony Charges Against Florida 8 Year-Old

From USA Today:

WBBH-TV says a fight over crayons led to felony charges against an 8-year-old boy in Fort Myers, Fla.

The second-grader was charged with aggravated battery after a teacher told police that he hit some of his classmates and then punched his teacher during a violent outburst at Royal Palm Exceptional School.

The boy, who we're not identifying because of his age, is said to be 4 feet tall and weigh about 70 pounds.

"If he was overpowering her that much, I feel like she shouldn't be in that line of work," his grandmother, Dorothy Williams, tells the station. "If she can't deal with him, put him in someone else's classroom. If it's a male, whatever, and let them restrain him," she adds.

Lee County Judge Joseph Fuller says the boy needs a "time out." He'll be arraigned next month.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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