Horseplay in a school parking lot left one student with a traumatic brain injury and the driver charged with Aggravated Assault, Reckless Endangerment, and Simple Assault. The tragic incident was the result of one teen jumping on the hood of car driven by another teenager….
As a parent, you dread your son or daughter bringing a letter home from school. It is difficult to learn about your child receiving detention or other disciplinary measures when they should be paying attention and behaving in class. As they get older, the letters…
Many people assume that juvenile criminal records in Pennsylvania are permanently erased when you reach adulthood. This is inaccurate, and unless your juvenile record is properly expunged, a prosecutor can use it against you down the line. Recently, attorney Fienman was contacted about expunging a…
When a student at Holy Ghost Preparatory School was pulled over for driving his SUV with the doors detached, he found himself in a lot more trouble than an obscure traffic ticket. At the time of the stop, the officers apparently smelled marijuana and confiscated…
In an ideal world, students would never have any disciplinary issues, either in school or the court system. Unfortunately, children are children, and even the best-behaved kids can run into trouble. Dealing with a student who’s gotten into trouble is never easy, but when the…