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16-year-old sentenced in connection to stabbing at a BPS school

The teen pleaded guilty to stabbing a 17-year-old girl in the bathroom inside the Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Wednesday, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced that a 16-year-old girl from Buffalo was sentenced by a designated Youth Part judge. 

The teen pleaded guilty to stabbing a 17-year-old girl in the bathroom inside the Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management on West Huron Street. The 17-year-old spent two days in the hospital to be treated for multiple stab wounds to her back.

The 16-year-old  pleaded guilty to one count of Assault in the Second Degree (Class “D” felony) on Dec. 2. As a youthful offender, she received a split sentence of six months in jail followed by five years of probation

On Wednesday, a judge issued a final order of protection on behalf of the victim, which remains in effect for the next eight years.

Since she was granted youthful offender status, she won't have a criminal record.

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