The county says it won't press charges, but the district is still keeping quiet.
Four Robbinsdale Armstrong students are back at school after spending much of the last month in limbo. Three seniors who are members of the hockey team, including 18-year-old Danny Dmohoski, were accused of assaulting another student on Oct. 6, by putting the boy in a choke hold. The other two seniors and the victim are juveniles, and Patch has chosen not to publish their names. Charges will not be filed against any of the students, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. The Attorney's Office "has informed the Plymouth Police Department that it will not charge any of the students involved in the Oct. 6 incident at Armstrong High School in which one student was choked. There is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a …
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Kirsten Purvis is upset at district officials for how three Armstrong students have been treated after a Oct. 6 incident in the hallway.
This is an open letter to the Robbinsdale Area Schools superintendent, the Armstrong principals involved and the school board: Dear Sirs and Madams: I have been an avid supporter of this district over the years. I graduated from Cooper High School; I have raised my children in this district. I have served as PTO president at Pilgrim Lane, and secretary on the board at Plymouth Middle School. I have participated in focus groups in the district, and door knocked when the referendums were on the line. I have waved the banner of this district for years. I am now ashamed of the district I have spent so much time supporting. What you have done to Danny Dmohoski and (the two juveniles being punished) is inexcusable. I cannot fathom why you have…
Dave Arneson
6:26 am on Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The timing of this incident is ironic given Sheriff Rich Stanek's recent letter concerning budget cuts for his department: http://goldenvalley.patch.com/articles/letter-to-the-editor-sheriffs-office-cant-afford-budget-cuts Why did the school and the Plymouth police department waste valuable county resources on a level 2 offense at a time when the county sheriff's department is having to look at … more ›