GIRLS FACE CHARGES S.S.

THE 2 TEENAGE GIRLS, WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR STABBING A TEEN ON THE SANTA CRUZ HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS MONDAY AFTERNOON, FACE CHARGES OF ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. THE 13 AND 14 YEAR-OLD GIRLS INVOLVED ALL ATTEND STAR COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND REPORTEDLY HAD PARTICIPATED IN A CONFLICT-RESOLUTION PROCESS AT THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL EARLIER THAT DAY. DETECTIVES BELIEVE THE STABBING MAY HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF THE STABBER?S BELIEF THAT HER VICTIM HAD SPREAD A RUMOR ABOUT HER TO A BOY THAT ATTENDS SANTA CRUZ HIGH SCHOOL. THE ARRESTED GIRLS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED TOMORROW IN JUVENILE COURT.

THE VICTIM SUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING WOUNDS TO HER LOWER BACK.