Crime & Safety
Twitter Fueled Teen Girls' Fight, Police Say
Lower Saucon Township Police say a 17-year-old girl struck and pulled the hair of another 17-year-old girl at Saucon Valley High School Nov. 13.
Posts on the popular social media site Twitter provoked a fight between two teenage girls at Saucon Valley High School, police said in a press release Saturday.
According to authorities, the fight occured at about 9:05 a.m. on Nov. 13.
During the course of the fight, a 17-year-old girl struck another 17-year-old girl and pulled her hair, police said.
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After officers were dispatched to the school, "it was determined that the fight started because of items posted on Twitter," police added.
One of the girls was cited for harassment.
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