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Police: 10-year-old detained, not arrested
By Chris Roark, Staff Writer
Flower Mound Police said prevention was the determining factor when an officer detained a 10-year-old girl Saturday at her home in Flower Mound.
According to various media reports, sisters Reagan Green, 10, and Desiree Green, 13, got into a physical altercation Saturday afternoon at a Flower Mound park on Colony Street.
Police reports state that police located the girls at their home after a witness advised police they had left the park and returned home.
“If we go to a call on family violence and there are signs of violence, we are required by law to protect the victim of further violence,” Pierce said. “If there are signs of injury, we are required to protect the victims.”
Because of the age of the children, Pierce declined to comment on the extent of the injuries.
“Both had signs of some injury, but upon investigation, it was determined that the 10-year-old was the aggressor,” Pierce said.
Pierce said the 10-year-old was never put in a jail cell but was taken into an investigation room, where she was questioned. Pierce said he isn’t sure how long the girl was in the room but said it was only long enough for the paperwork to be filed. She was then released to her family the same day.
“The officer provided a chance for the situation to calm down,” Pierce said.
As far as what happens next, Pierce said the police department has been in contact with the district attorney’s office, and the charge will be referred to the First Offender Program, a family counseling program for adolescents and their parents sponsored by Youth and Family Counseling.
The family was unable to be reached for comment.
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oliwayne wrote on Jun 10, 2009 9:01 AM:
" You have got to be kidding me. Detained or arrested? What's the difference being this was a 10 year old child who had a skirmish with another sibling. I imagine if arrests were made everyday for that sort of thing most childred would be detained and in an investigation (interrogation) rooom. I imagine if it were a child of a whiter race the cops would have told the children how bad it was to fight with their sibling but I guarantee they would not have been detained and taken to the police station . "
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