Seven Grafton teens arrested on felony witness intimidation charges for allegedly cyber-bullying the victim of a violent crime

This is really tough stuff for a teen to deal with trying to seek justice.  

Boston Globereports seven Grafton teens have been arrested on felony witness-intimidation charges for allegedly harassing the 15-year-old victim of a violent crime, Grafton Police Chief Normand Crepeau, Jr. said.

On Jan. 18, the victim’s mother told police of the alleged harassment of her child, Crepeau said in a phone interview Saturday. He said the victim’s mother told officers that her child was being threatened and demeaned by several acquaintances of a person charged with committing a violent crime against her child last year.

The victim’s mother told police officers James Crosby and Alvin Hulbert that her child had been repeatedly harassed, “physically and through social media,” at school and elsewhere by a group of teens, a Grafton police statement issued Friday on Facebook. 

The officers investigated the mother’s claims, interviewing witnesses as well as finding evidence of harassment on Twitter and Facebook before determining they had probable cause for the seven arrests, Crepeau said.

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