CAMBRIDGE, Md.- Police say a student who was initially accused of bringing a weapon and a hit list to one of Dorchester County's public schools turned out to actually be the victim of a bullying scheme.
Dorchester County Sheriff James Phillips said his office had to dig deep to find out the truth.
"The investigation revealed there was no hit list, that it didn't exist," said Sheriff James Phillips Jr. "During the investigation we had a group of students that came forward and let us know that what appeared on the surface was not actually what was going on."
Phillips said four classmates repeatedly harassed the student and attempted to trick him into saying something that could get him thrown out of school. It is a different kind of bullying you typically would not expect to see.
Dorchester County Superintendent of Schools Henry V. Wagner said that no matter what type of bullying occurs, school and law enforcement officials are trying to stop it.
"We have created and implemented a series of lessons that each student in their school district is receiving right in their classrooms," Wagner said.
The purpose of the bullying lessons are to understand what bullying is, understand the harmful effects of bullying and harassment and how to react when in a bullying situation.
Some people say for serious bullying cases like this, extreme measures should be taken
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