Four Central Florida middle school students were arrested Monday for allegedly ripping off the clothes off classmates and then snapping photos with their cell phones. Investigators said the boys, ages 12, 13 and 14 years old, attacked the girls Friday at Tavares Middle School in Lake County, Fla., in the back of a school bus. The boys then allegedly groped the girls and took pictures of them with a camera phone.
Cell phone video allegedly showed one of the girls screaming for help while the boys touch her breasts.
Police said the attack continued after the boys got off the bus when they pulled another girl by her hair. When she fell, detectives said they put their hands up her skirt.
Detectives said it is a crime that comes close to being rape.
"You forcibly hold someone down, you remove their clothing, you are fondling that person -- if these children had been adults, and if convicte they would have been labeled as sex offenders.
Police said two of the boys have confessed to taping the attacks with their camera phones.
Also, police are looking at surveillance video from the school bus.
All of the boys face felony charges. Article Link