Two teenagers accused of assaulting and bullying a developmentally disabled classmate at a northwest Ohio school will have to apologize and serve 25 hours of community service to help people with special needs.
The 14-year-old boys allegedly had the classmate lick candy after secretly wiping it in a bathroom urinal, then revealed what they'd done and punched and teased him, according to police in Sylvania, near Toledo. The Feb. 18 encounter was captured on surveillance video.
They were sentenced Monday in juvenile court for violating the Safe School Act.
An attorney for one of the defendants suggested it's a case of "kids will be kids," The Blade newspaper in Toledo reports.
The judge didn't buy that and told the defendant he didn't seem remorseful.
The boys haven't been allowed back at school.
