Teens charged with terrorizing Portage school bus

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Feb 12, 2009 at 5:01 PM EST

Story Updated: Feb 12, 2009 at 5:01 PM EST

PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Three Portage teenagers have been arrested after police say the boys terrorized others on their school bus for nearly six months.

Police say the boys used fear to take over the bus as they groped girls, threatened other riders and made blowtorches from aerosol cans.

Portage police Cpl. Troy Williams said officers learned of the problem when a 16-year-old girl called her stepfather after one of the boys tried to shove her face into another boy's exposed genitals.

Williams said the stepfather first talked to the bus driver, but went to police when the driver didn't contact anyone for investigation.

The boys were arrested Friday on juvenile charges, including criminal recklessness and sexual battery, and all face expulsion from school.

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Information from: The Times, http://nwitimes.com

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