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Florida Sheriff Posts Mugshot Of 9-Year-Old Boy

The mugshot of a 9-year-old boy surfaced on a local mugshot site and on Facebook after the Lee County Sheriff's Office in Florida posted the photo online. The boy allegedly hit his 11-year-old sister with a remote control, and then walking toward his sister and grandmother with a butcher knife in his hand; he put down the knife after his sister called the police. "In Florida, when a juvenile is arrested on a Felony Charge, their arrest and mug shot become public record," the sheriff said in an email to Ars Technica.

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