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in reply to Beware - improper context usage can be considered criminal activity!

With all due respect, it doesn't look like the kids actually have a "criminal record" here.

According to the story, they were questioned by police, who are keeping their notes on file:

His father repeated to me twice, as if he couldn't quite believe the whole thing had actually happened, that the police gave him a case number and are keeping the report on file.

No charges, no arrest, no conviction, just some notes in a file folder in a detective's filing cabinet somewhere. That's not quite a criminal record.

Peace,
-McD