A judge on Monday dismissed a harassment charge against a teenage boy whose 78-year-old neighbor accused him of repeatedly "meowing" at her. Alexandra Carasia said that every time she went outside the 14-year-old would meow at her like a cat. The boy's mother said the family had owned a cat they had to get rid of after Carasia told police it was using her flower garden as a litter box. The boy claimed he only meowed at his elderly neighbor twice, but Carasia testified that the meowing occurred every time they they encountered each other.

An eighth grade boy who was standing next to another teenager who threw an egg at a passing car was chased and then gunned down by someone in a sport utility vehicle, police say. Danny Crawford, 14, died from a single gunshot wound to the upper body, according to Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis.

Parents in Oklahoma have filed charges against school officials who took their child's cell phone. When the phone rang during class, a teacher at Lone Grove High School in Lone Grove, Oklahoma, confiscated the phone and took it to the principal's office.

A Minnesotan teen is dead after working on a pedestrian safety video. Nick Johnson, 16, was working on the video with two students from Yellow Medicine East High School when he was accidentally pinned under a car. Johnson died four days later from his wounds.

A teenager was cited for assault after he pointed his BB pistol at a car driven by undercover police officers. The incident happened when Ryon Shelton, 15, of Cedar Rapids, was allegedly "playing around" and trying to scare people on Halloween night. His prank went awry, when the two men in the car, Shelton pointed his gun at, came out and pulled their real . 40-caliber Glock handguns.