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A 10-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday for planning to stab a fellow classmate, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said in a release.

According to MCSO, the suspect planned to stab another boy because he "snitched" on him. The plot was uncovered when the suspect asked other boys to help him.

The fifth-grader was found to have a knife and beanie -- intended to hide his identity -- when he was arrested.

The suspect, who has not been identified, was booked on three Class 3 felony charges.

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    brhinaz wrote...
    hey obama
    January 23, 2013 6:00 pm
    hey, maybe we should have the president make an executive order and have congress now try to pass a law in order to ban all knives. and everyone who still has some knives will have to register them the government. just saying.
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    Right! wrote...
    If we really want to go after the real causes..
    January 23, 2013 7:57 pm
    of death in this country-Maybe we should outlaw hearts! Yes, hearts! In 2010 445,864 people died from corornary heart disease, and 19,169 died from ALL violence! Homicide ALL firearms 11,078. Suicide: 35,484. Unintended motor vehicle: 33,687. ALL unintended deaths: 108,392! Let's take away all our unintentions! Make us all be intended. Let's get the guns while topic is hot hot hot!
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    Steve wrote...
    A call to ban knives bigger than
    January 24, 2013 6:45 am
    one inch and you can only have one and it must be registered.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Perhaps the gun nuts and the NRA have
    January 24, 2013 7:46 am
    it right. Perhaps Arizona schools should abandon all efforts to keep the children on their campuses safe from weapons violence. All any weapons prohibiting law can do is allow authorities to punish violators after the fact, as in this case. Perhaps we should accept the gun nut credo and let everyone on campus, students included, from pre-school on, to carry the weapons of their choosing. Time to abandon this gun free zone nonsense and post "Free Fire Zone" signs around every kindergarten.
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    voiceofreality wrote...
    What Chem and Micho really mean to say is
    January 24, 2013 8:39 am
    Thank You sheriff Joe for saving the small child from being stabbed .
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    yrreta wrote...
    I'm with Micho on this
    January 24, 2013 8:45 am
    Free Fire Zone idea. It's been that way for years in South Phoenix and Maryvale. Don't hear anyone complaining about that.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Voiceofunreality appears not to know that
    January 24, 2013 8:50 am
    Old Joe had nothing to do with preventing this kid from following through. It was the boy's rights thinking classmates and responsible adults. Arpaio, as he usually does, honks his horn loudly after the fact, behaving as though he actually had something to do with preventing this tragedy. Only suckers buy into his non stop fictions.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Thirty seven years in South Phoenix.
    January 24, 2013 8:58 am
    I hear gunfire most days and night as well. However, it's coming from the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy and the private range next door. South Phoenix has always been a great place to live, although the Roosevelt School District is really crappy. Apart from someone breaking into the shed outside 15 years back, we've had a crime free existence here. Worst part, everyone seems to want to move down here and open space is vanishing. South Phoenix's lingering bad reputation has one upside: It keeps Hispanic hating bigots from relocating here and ruining the friendly ambience.
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    yrreta wrote...
    Good for you Micho,
    January 24, 2013 9:22 am
    sounds like you're living the dream. South Phoenix, the garden spot of the valley.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Untroubled by your elitist, better than thou
    January 24, 2013 9:41 am
    and thy neighbor sentiments.

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