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It’s common for teenagers to hate high school. Apparently, it’s also criminal for them to broadcast that hate on YouTube.

A sophomore at Torrance’s Bishop Montgomery High School was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats after a YouTube video was found threatening violence at the school, reports KTLA News.

The video reportedly included a voice stating: “Bishop Montgomery shall fall. It shall decline. It shall never be the same. It will bounce, bounce, bounce to (expletive) hell and beyond.”

Two hundred Occupy L.A. protestors were arrested during the early hours of Wednesday morning on misdemeanor charges during an LAPD raid consisting of approximately 1,400 officers, reports CBS Los Angeles.

LAPD stated they allowed people to leave the encampment before executing the eviction. Both the authorities and the protestors stated they were determined to arrest and resist with as little violence as possible, according to CBS.

The protestors who stayed behind were arrested on misdemeanor charges of failing to disperse at the scene of an unlawful assembly after they had been lawfully warned to leave.

A 20-year-old woman is breaking the hearts of tweens across the country with her accusation that mega-pop-star Justin Bieber fathered her three-month-old son. But should she have considered the fact that Bieber was reportedly 16 and she was 18 at the time of their alleged consummation before filing the paternity suit?

Mariah Yeater reportedly claims that she and Bieber did the horizontal mambo without protection in a Staples Center bathroom after a concert, according to Reuters. The sexual encounter allegedly resulted in Yeater’s three-month-old son, which Bieber should be financially supporting, according to the paternity suit.

Bieber, of course, is denying everything and unsurprisingly defended himself on Twitter: “all the rumors … the gossip … I’m gonna focus on the positives … the music.”

Griffin Kramer, a football player for Thousand Oaks High School and son of former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer, was found dead at a friend's home Sunday morning, reports CBS Los Angeles. Authorities believe that alcohol poisoning may have caused the 18-year-old's death. If so, could the parents of the friend Kramer was staying with face criminal charges or social host liability for the teenager's tragic death?

Early reports of Kramer's death have been tentative. His school released a statement on Monday stating that "initial indications suggest his passing was due to alcohol poisoning," according to CBS. Sheriff's officials have also stated that Kramer may have had a pre-existing medical condition at the time.

There are worse dangers out there than those that go bump in the night, and several counties are beginning to include registered sex offenders in that category.

Riverside County supervisors passed a Halloween sex offender ban on Tuesday prohibiting them from engaging in festivities because of the possibility of contact with children, reports the Los Angeles Times. However, critics contend that the bans, also known as "No Candy" laws, violate their Constitutional rights.

The Halloween sex offender bans typically restrict the activities of sex offenders on Halloween and range from preventing them from passing out candy to driving after dark. Riverside's specific ordinance prohibits sex offenders from answering the door to trick-or-treaters, putting up Halloween decorations at any time on October 31, and leaving their homes between 5 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Halloween night.

The jury in the free speech trial of the “Irvine 11” has found the Muslim students guilty of disruption, reports the Los Angeles Times. The students were sentenced to three years informal probation last Friday for their crimes.

The students were charged with the misdemeanors of conspiring to disrupt and actual disruption when they interrupted a speech given by the Israeli ambassador to the United States at U.C. Irvine in February 2010. Prosecutors argued that the students violated the ambassador’s freedom of speech, while the defense argued that the Irvine 11’s actions were a protected form of free speech.

The closing statements were given on Monday in the trial involving the Irvine 11, a group of U.C. Irvine and U.C. Riverside students accused of disrupting a meeting and speech by the Israeli ambassador to the United States last year, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Ten of the students face misdemeanor criminal charges of conspiring to disrupt and actually disrupting Israeli ambassador Michael Oren's speech after they shouted at Oren during his speech on U.S.-Israeli relations.

The 11th defendant will not be facing charges after they were dropped in exchange for community service.

Anthony Michael Hall may have played the part of the quintessential nerd in 80s films, but it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy for the actor after he was arrested for disturbing the peace Monday night, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Hall’s neighbor reportedly contacted the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Division because the 43-year-old allegedly threatened to “beat him to a pulp.” The threats occurred after the neighbor had witnessed Hall tearing up plants in the common area of their condominium complex.

Lenny Dykstra may have broken baseball records when he was a Major League center fielder, but now it seems he's focusing his attention on increasing his criminal record.

Dykstra faces indecent exposure charges for his interactions with women he met on Craigslist, reports KTLA News. Dykstra is already being held on 23 felony charges in Los Angeles.

Authorities claim that Dykstra posted Craigslist ads for a housekeeper or personal assistant. However, when the women arrived, Dykstra would tell them that the job included giving massages and would drop his clothes. At least six women are said to be involved in the case, beginning in 2009.

From smartphones to laptops to video game consoles, children have access to the Internet in more ways than ever before. While the benefits of the Internet are numerous, the increase in exposure to digital content also increases the need for parents to stay vigilant of their kids' online safety.

The risks associated with kids online can come in many forms: access to inappropriate content, contact by sexual predators through chatrooms, threats from "cyber bullies," and many more.

However, just as there are child safety laws covering motor vehicle safety and anti-neglect issues, the California legislature has passed laws protecting your kids' online safety.