USA: : 12-year-old Boy Shocks Another Child With Stun Gun

Police are investigating after a 12-year-old boy bought a stun gun at an Arcadia store, then used it to shock another child at school in San Marino last weekend, officials said.

Police learned of the situation Saturday evening, when a parent reported that a 12-year-old boy had shocked another child with a stun gun about 2:30 p.m. Saturday near the lunch tables near the basketball courts at Henry E. Huntington Middle School in San Marino, San Marino police Sgt. Tim Tebbetts said in a statement.

Officers contacted the parents of all the involved juveniles, Tebbetts said. Officers learned the juvenile who possessed the stun gun used it on another juvenile in a joking manner with no threatening intent.

Meanwhile, the father of the boy who had the stun gun called police in Arcadia the following day to report his son had been sold the self-defense device, which are illegal for juveniles to possess, at a business in Arcadia.

The stun gun was purchased at As Seen On TV Products in the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall, authorities said.

Police met with the store owner, who admitted selling stun gun, which was disguised as a cell phone, to the child, according to Tebbetts.

However, she stated she did not realize it was illegal to sell the stun gun to a minor.

The investigation was ongoing, the sergeant said. Appropriate charges, if any, against the juvenile and store owner will be determined after the case is reviewed by the District Attorney’s Office.

Stun guns are legal for adults to possess in California, but prohibited for juveniles.

And, Police arrested a teacher at a Catholic all-girls high school on Wednesday on suspicion of carrying on a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student, officials said.

Diana Kelly Yniguez, also known as Diana Wendel, 42, of Azusa, was booked on suspicion of child molestation and contacting a minor for the purpose of committing sex crimes following her arrest about 2:30 p.m., according to Alhambra police officials and Los Angeles County booking records.

She has been teaching at Ramona Convent Secondary School for the past three years, where the victim attended, and has taught at several parochial schools within the Los Angeles Archdiocese over the past 18 years.

The investigation began Tuesday after a relative of the alleged victim, a 17-year-old student at Ramona Convent Secondary School, found graphic text messages on the victim’s phone and alerted the girl’s father, police said in a written statement. The father turned the phone over to police.

The investigation revealed the Yniguez had sent the text messages and had been involved in unlawful sexual contact with the minor,according to the statement.

The alleged illegal relationship took place between March and May, officials said. No violence or threats are alleged on the part of Yniguez.

Yniguez has been placed on leave by the school pending the outcome of the investigation, Alhambra police Sgt. Steven Carr said.

Yniguez was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail pending her initial court appearance, scheduled Friday in the Alhambra branch of Los Angeles County Superior Court, booking records show.

Investigators had not learned of any additional victims, but encouraged anyone with information to contact the Alhambra Police Department’s Detective Bureau Tip Line at 626-308-4875. Tips may also be submitted anonymously to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers

at 800-222-8477.

Meanwhile, Police and federal agents are hunting for a man who robbed banks in South Pasadena and Burbank on Wednesday afternoon.

The bandit first carried out a heist in Burbank about 4:20 p.m. before turning up at another bank branch 15 miles away in south Pasadena 45 minutes later, according to Burbank and South Pasadena police officials.

In both crimes, the robber handed tellers notes demanding cash, officials said. No weapons were seen during the robberies.

The first crime occurred at the U.S. Bank, 1750 W. Olive Ave., Burbank police Sgt. Derek Green said in a written statement.

He approached a bank teller and passed a note demanding cash, threatening to harm people inside the bank if his demands were not met, Green said.

Fearing for his safety and the safety of others, the bank teller provided the suspect with the money.

Police said the robber was believed to have fled the area in a black Ford Flex with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The bandit then showed up shortly after 5 p.m. at a Wells Fargo branch, 1000 Fair Oaks Ave. in South Pasadena.

Again, the robber handed a teller a note demanding cash, South Pasadena police Sgt. Spencer Louie said.

The female teller handed over several thousand dollars, and the robber was last seen exiting the bank.

Police described the serial robbers a man, possibly of Armenian descent, of about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 200 pounds.

He wore a white long-sleeve shirt, a gray baseball cap with a white stripe along the brim and aviator-style sunglasses. He had a short beard and mustache.

The Ford Flex seen in connection with the Burbank robbery was black, with a silver top, a moonroof and aluminum paneling on the sides.