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Addressing a rumor…
Posted By jake
Over on the other dotcom, a commenter made a blog post asking the following:
What a terrible tragedy with the Central High School shooting today. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the shooting victims family and to all students and faculty. I have heard from various people today that a rape happened at Halls High School. Is this a fact or another rumor?
I talked to Halls Principal Mark Duff this morning. He’s interested in dispelling this rumor. Duff said he has “no evidence whatsoever” that the rumored incident occurred. He’s talked with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office about it, and he said they don’t have any evidence such a thing occurred.
(The intent here is not to give this rumor a higher profile than it might have already had but to keep it from taking on a bigger life of its own in the rumor mill.)
So, the official word is–rumor.
Jake.
Aug 22nd, 2008
Jake-
I believe it was back in March’s school board meeting, DA Randy Nichols appeared to warn/inform the school system that crimes must be reported to the Sheriff’s Department.
I called Nichols office to make a request regarding what crimes have occurred on campus and were not reported, but he was out of town. I never followed up, although I did email with Katie about it in case WBIR wanted to do some digging.
I have heard there have been various instances spread amongst several schools, including a rape where the sheriff’s department was not called. I don’t know the high school where that occurred, only that when the parent called the sheriff’s office to check the status on the case, nothing had been reported.
Of course, that and other instances have come to me via sources in law enforcement. It would seem that Nichols office is aware that such occasions have occurred, or he would not have appeared before the school board.