Four 16-year-old girls involved in fight stemming from messages on Facebook, according to officials.
Auburn, NY - Auburn police arrested four 16-year-old girls following a fight on their school bus Friday.
The girls, who all live in Auburn, were charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a violation. Their names were not released because of their ages. Two girl have been arraigned. The other two are scheduled to answer the charges at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Auburn City Court.
Auburn Schools Superintendent Joseph D. “J.D.” Pabis said the girls attend Auburn High School and were on a bus to BOCES when they started fighting. The bus driver called police at 11:55 a.m. and pulled over on Genesee Street in Auburn, while other students on the bus tried to break up the fight, according to Pabis and a police report. The fight stemmed from “he said, she said” messages on Facebook, Pabis said.
This was one of three fights involving Auburn High School students last week, Pabis said. No weapons were used and no one needed to see a school nurse or go to the hospital following any of the fights, the superintendent said. The district is disciplining the students, Pabis said.
Contact Catie O'Toole at cotoole@syracuse.com or 470-2134.