12-Year-Old, 14-Year-Old Girl Charged With Felony Stalking After Suicide of Bullied 12-Year-Old Girl
Computers, cellphones seized
Florida authorities said Tuesday that two girls -- 12 and 14 -- were arrested on charges of felony aggravated stalking for allegedly bullying a 12-year-old girl who jumped to her death last month from an abandoned cement factory tower.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, who planned to elaborate on the charges at a news conference Tuesday, told reporters earlier that bullying of Rebecca Sedwick began over a boyfriend.
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