UPDATED: 'Wolf pack' of bullies arrested at Upper Darby High
Six students from Upper Darby High's Opportunity Center, ranging from 13 to 17 years old, were arrested this morning at school for what township police Superintendent Michael Chitwood called a "heinous" act of bullying earlier this month that was caught on camera.
UPDATED: 'Wolf pack' of bullies arrested at Upper Darby High
William Bender
Six students from Upper Darby High's Opportunity Center, ranging from 13 to 17 years old, were arrested this morning at school for what township police Superintendent Michael Chitwood called a “heinous” act of bullying earlier this month that was caught on camera.
The teens have been charged with kidnapping, unlawful restraint and related offenses for dragging a 13-year-old student through the snow, tossing him in a tree and hanging him by his coat on a metal fence post. Police are searching for one more kid they think was involved.
“Seven on one, that’s a wolf pack,” Chitwood said.
The terrified victim was screaming for the kids to stop, but no one at the apartment complex where the incident occurred called 9-1-1, police said. The bullies are heard laughing maniacally throughout the video, which was recorded on a 17-year-old’s cell phone.
“They thought it was a joke,” Chitwood said.
Police want to send a message by arresting the kids at school: If you bully or threaten other students, Chitwood said, “You're gonna take a hike in handcuffs and in a wagon.”
Update: A couple hours ago, I showed the video to the 13-year-old victim, Nadin, and his mom and dad, Rebecca and Eric. It was the first time they had seen it. They were planning to go to the police station tomorrow to watch it themselves.
"Are you kidding me? Are you serious?" Rebecca said as she watched the video in her living room, shaking her head in disbelief. After about a minute, tears welled up in her eyes. "I can’t watch it," she said, turning away from the screen. "I’m just speechless. What did he do to deserve it?"
"I was surprised nobody called police" at the apartment complex, Nadin said.
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Upper Darby = the New West Philadelphia.— USAFirst1
West Philly is on the come up. Upper Darby is the new inner city— TwinkleToes- Good job, parents. You raised some real winners.— emoser
- i bet some of those kids are parents themselves! — Howie FelterSnatch
Comment removed.- LOL, it is called 'telling it like it is'. Something that no longer exists in a pathetic, wussified PC society. — flyers87
- They're a wolf pack; dog pack, whatever! Six losers out of a bad gene pool. — Anne Arkey
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- Your implication that the perpetrators did this because of their race is disgusting. And pointless, since every race has its lowlifes. For instance, we Caucasians are stuck with you.
- I don't think he meant they did it BECAUSE of their race but that he knew what race they were. Come on, man!
— PattyJo - Comment removed.
- I love how people with limited education pull up statistics out of the deepest recesses of their abused rectum, and expect them to be believed. Get a life. — Eaglesman_in_DC
- Future US infantry. Or Philly PD.— CiceroSpuriousDeodatus
