Oakland Mills High Principal Responds to Students' Arrest
Principal Frank V. Eastham Jr. wrote about the announcement that four Oakland Mills High students had been arrested for attempted murder.
Principal Frank V. Eastham Jr. said Oakland Mills High has taken measures to ensure the school is not disrupted by Tuesday's announcement that four students were arrested and charged with the attempted murder of a cab driver.
In a letter to parents, he wrote that "maintaining a safe and orderly school environment is of the highest priority."
The four students who are charged in relation to a March 1 incident, in which they reportedly attempted to rob a cab driver, were arrested last week, according to police.
The alleged crime occurred sometime around 10:45 p.m., said police. Eastham pointed out in his letter that the crime happened outside of school hours and off of school property.
Three of the students were arrested without incident at Oakland Mills High School last week, said police.
A spokesperson for Howard County Public Schools said the students who were arrested will be evaluated using a process known as Board Policy 9280, which deals with students charged with reportable offenses. This policy allows the students to be placed in an alternative education program, but the school system does not comment on how it handles individual students, according to the spokesperson.
Eastham wrote that teachers were made aware of the arrests on Tuesday and that counselors would be available if students are interested in talking about the incident.
Police arrested Khalid Khahiem Woods, 19; Johnam Perez-Rivera, 16; Woody Rousseau, 17; and Chellby Ofosusafori, 17, for their alleged involvement in the crime. All four were charged as adults.
He also wrote that media may attempt to contact parents or students and that, "It is important to avoid making comments which may be incomplete, inaccurate, or disruptive to the normal operations of our school."
The arrests are the second high-profile incident to affect Columbia high schools this year. In February, a Wilde Lake High School student was arrested and charged with rape after allegedly forcing himself on another student inside an unoccupied choir room during school hours.
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Robert Rey
9:55 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Khalid Khahiem Woods, 19; Johnam Perez-Rivera, 16; Woody Rousseau, 17; and Chellby Ofosusafori, 17, Nice. Notice they are not John Smith, Tom Brady and Alan Berkowitz. Just sayin.
k
8:10 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Transplanted gangbangers from the city no doubt, HUD will be the ruin of this county as we can already see in the ever-increasing crime statistics. Moving thugs and criminals into a civilized community is not going to change their behavior, it just gives them move victims to take advantage of as they continue what they have been raised to do. We would all be better off if the budget cut out the HUD money, foodstamps, and free government cell phones to those that just don't want to work.
RTB
4:22 pm on Saturday, March 30, 2013
Those two hedge fund billionaires featured in today's NYTimes who apparently grew rich using stolen inside information, thus stealing billions from tens of thousands of middle class mutual fund investors, do have names like Cohen and Steinberg. Shall we also notice that and draw the same types of conclusions as you suggest?
I've noticed that you seem to want to play the race card - selectively of course - quite often in your comments. Fair enough. I've noticed that a disproportionate percentage of pedophiles seem to be white men. Whole rings of them seem to be busted by the FBI and international police every other month. Can you explain what part you plan to play in stopping such people? Presumably you're the same color as them and so, must share some of the blame for their behavior? That is the point of your repeated posts in which you point out the race or ethnicity of those charged with crime, isn't it? Group blame.
Robert Rey
9:57 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Probably a bunch of kids who have no father around, no morals and watch springer every day.
JH
10:22 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Baltimore comes to Columbia. Way to go elected leaders !
Kristin
2:55 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
People with Anglo-Saxon names commit crimes as well. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
LH
8:35 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Kristin, thank you for saying that.
pat
12:36 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
not having a dad in the home has nothing to do with decisions that our children make.the richest people with 2 parents in the homes their Children make bad decisions.I sure hope that when your children or when you decide to have children turn out to be the best children in the world because instead of us bad mouthing these young kids we should be praying for them. Prayer changes things. The Bible says God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son I said that to say this if the world was so good Jesus would not had to die for but because it was not so good he gave his life on the cross thank God he rosed up again, or none of us could live in this world.
RTB
4:14 pm on Saturday, March 30, 2013
It's not so much not having a dad as it is not having the right values instilled by the parents and not having a proper, law abiding male role model. That can be especially important for boys as they become teens and start to look to the strongest male authority figure to emulate. Unfortunately, for many, that figure is a criminal who appears to have gained the trappings of success through crime.
k
8:04 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Obviously these THUGS were attempting to start their post-high school career prior to graduation. I hope their families lose all the government entitlement money that they are collecting for these little criminals and they are all forced to move back to the city where they belong with the other gangbangers.
RTB
4:16 pm on Saturday, March 30, 2013
You make some sweeping assumptions here. Contrary to the stereotype, all criminals are not the children of welfare mooches.
Me
9:11 pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wow a lot of Ignorant people!! There is no color/race in thugs criminals rapist robbers county or city