16 year old HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[Jaston Bell]

Atlanta,GA
My 16 year old got into some trouble at school, he went into the boys locker room and stole a phone, and admited that to the administrators and school police officer. My question is, what is his likely punishment. This is his first offense,and the first time he has ever done anything like this, this is also not his home school but a school that was he was allowed to attend because I drive the school bus for the county, and he's not going to a juvenile court, he's going to a disiplinary panal which will decide his punishment, they have him for stealing private property, selling the stolen property, Loitering, and burglary. So with all that said and done and with this being his first offense what kind of punishment or what is likely punishment he will be facing

Thanks for all replies, and God Bless

 

[Two Bit]

If they're taking it to a hearing, they probably think it's pretty serious, since the administrators could give him a suspension of a few days on their own authority. The range of punishments is likely to be a suspnsion or an expulsion. He may be given an oppertunity to go to an alternative school if he gets a long term suspension or an expulsion.

I don't know why the officer isn't charging him with the theft. In my school, if I investigate a crime, I almost always charge. The school can do administrative investigations on their own.

BTW, I don't see how he can be charged with burglary. Burglary requires that you enter or remain in a building without authority to do so with the intent to commit a felony or theft therein. If he attends school there, and this happened duirng school hours, then as a matter of law he couldn't commit the crime of bruglary. He really couldn't be loitering either. I'd like to hear more about this.

 

[Jaston Bell]

Well, he has work studies and it was during a time in which he was released early, this is also his first offense, and he also returned the phone in which he stole

 

[Jaston Bell]

And as I also stated, this isn't his home school, he doesn't live in the district of the school he was attending, he was on a permissive transfer which allowed him to attend this school because I drive a school bus and work for the county

 

[anthony361]

Well here where I live. You do something like that you go to jail overnight and then get sent to the school for the "bad kids" for a few months

 

[JETX]

So with all that said and done and with this being his first offense what kind of punishment or what is likely punishment he will be facing

Contrary to other GUESSES.... the ONLY accurate answer is.... no one can answer your question. Punishment, if any, will be determined ENTIRELY by the court or panel that hears the issue within the limits of their authority. I strongly suggest you get him a GOOD defense attorney.