An Oklahoma sheriff’s office served a 9-year-old boy with victim protective order this week, handing the document over at his elementary school.
The boy is ordered to appear in court on April 18 in Shawnee, the document says.
According to KFOR, the order stems from a complaint by the mother of a girl who accuses the boy of stalking and harassing her daughter.
“I’m a mother that is going to move heaven or earth to say stop your violence against my child,” said the mother, Elsy Goggin.
Lavonne McCoy, the boy’s grandmother, told the station she was “just shocked because he’s nine years old being served by sheriffs at school.”
Pottawatomi County Undersheriff Travis Dinwiddie said that the sheriff’s office notified the parents before serving the document on Wednesday.
“We served it there because that was the address that was put on the petition by the court,” he said. “It’s ordered by the courts. And so we have to serve that as officers of the court.”
The documents include a handwritten report by Goggin, who claims the harassment has been going on fro months and said she has filed several reports with both police and the school.
“I had to go to this point where I said, enough is enough,” said Goggin.
McCoy told KFOR that her grandson is hyperactive but isn’t a bully.
“I’m not sure why he’s getting in trouble for just being a child, because there is nothing on here that says any type of abuse. Nobody is touching each other, you know, no hair pulling, no hitting. Its children being children, running around playing,” she said.
School superintendent Dr. Aaron Espolt issued a statement saying that the order “mostly related to events that occurred away from Shawnee Public Schools property.”
“Out of respect for student privacy, I cannot share more information,” he said. “What I can share is that we have protocols and procedures in place, and we fully investigate and address any concerns that students and parents share with us. Some of the safety strategies that we may use when concerns arise include creating no-contact contracts, separating students, offering opportunities to speak with school guidance counselors, and implementing disciplinary measures as warranted.”
Meanwhile, the boy’s family says they’re unsure if he can go back to school.
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