“Look!” A young boy exclaimed to his mother, pointing at a neat patch of lilies off of the trail. The mother chortled and followed her son down the slope towards the patch before hearing several gun shots. This was particularly peculiar considering they were in a state park, where hunting was strictly prohibited. The mother picked up her son and walked briskly back to their campsite to notify the park rangers. The rangers were told and didn’t quite know what to make of it. When they found no animal carcass, and determined that it was a matter for the police. Once the police heard that shots were fired, they immediately dispatched to Ouabache State Park, wanting to see what the people were up to this time. One officer in particular was in…show more content… The officer swiftly stood and cuffed the girl, reading her rights. They trekked back to the site and to his car. The officer placed the girl in the rear of the squad car before making a quick broadcast over the C.B. to send officers to process the crime scene.
The officer rummaged around her bag and unearthed a handgun concealed beneath the bags of marijuana. Her name, he learned, was Mary Jane and that she was a high school student. She had admitted to firing warning shots when the family came too close to her stash.
It took months to finally process all the evidence and take her to court. In this time, many of her peers disputed her arrest by smoking joints outside of the court house. They didn’t like that she was being prosecuted for something that they thought, should be legal and were affronted that marijuana was permissible in other states, but not theirs. This led to the seizure of many teens and teen court was exceedingly hectic. Mary Jane, however, was sent to a real court and condemned to a juvenile detention center until she reached eighteen in two years. The officer had scrutinized her actives previous and testified that she had been dealing drugs to her peers. When the press requested the officer give a statement, he replied: “Teens don’t understand the repercussions for their actions and need to be instructed that they
