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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Seven students have pleaded guilty in juvenile court to simple assault and riot charges stemming from an Oct. 25 brawl outside an eastern Pennsylvania high school that left two 16-year-old victims with concussions.
One 16-year-old boy was sentenced to a locked-down juvenile treatment center at Monday’s hearing in Lehigh County Juvenile Court. The other six must be sentenced within 20 days. All remain in juvenile detention or on house arrest.
A 15-year-old still awaits a juvenile court hearing and four other students, three 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old, still face hearings in adult court.
Police say the victims were kicked, punched and pistol-whipped near Dieruff High School in Allentown.
Investigators said the fight began with an argument in the lunchroom after one of the students threw something at another boy.