TROY, MO (AP) -
A ninth-grade eastern Missouri girl was arrested and faces school discipline for allegedly bullying another girl through a Web site, school district officials and police said Wednesday.
The girl is a student at Troy Buchanan High School in Lincoln County, about 60 miles north of St. Louis. District spokeswoman April Huddleston would not say how the girl was disciplined, citing privacy laws. But Huddleston said the discipline could include expulsion.
Huddleston said the victim went to school authorities, who alerted the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department. The girl was arrested Oct. 8, said Sheriff's Lt. Andy Binder, although he would not say whether the girl had been released.
Binder also would not discuss if charges would be filed, but said the girl could be charged with harassment.
The Lincoln County prosecutor did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Binder said the girl created a Web site with a name that included the other girl's name and explicit language. He did not have specific details on what the site said, but it included photos, comments and a poll about the other girl. It has since been taken down.
The girl is a student at Troy Buchanan High School in Lincoln County, about 60 miles north of St. Louis. District spokeswoman April Huddleston would not say how the girl was disciplined, citing privacy laws. But Huddleston said the discipline could include expulsion.
Huddleston said the victim went to school authorities, who alerted the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department. The girl was arrested Oct. 8, said Sheriff's Lt. Andy Binder, although he would not say whether the girl had been released.
Binder also would not discuss if charges would be filed, but said the girl could be charged with harassment.
The Lincoln County prosecutor did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Binder said the girl created a Web site with a name that included the other girl's name and explicit language. He did not have specific details on what the site said, but it included photos, comments and a poll about the other girl. It has since been taken down.
