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Students put needles in classmates' cupcakes

Students put needles in classmates' cupcakes

FRANKLIN, Pa. -- Two middle school students are facing assault charges after police say they put pins or needles into cupcakes about to be eaten by their classmates.

State police say the two students at Franklin Middle School in Venango County also spit on the cupcakes that had been prepared by other students earlier this month. No injuries were reported.

The names of the charged students were not released.

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Franklin Middle School is in Sandycreek Township, about 70 miles north of Pittsburgh.

First Published: May 16, 2011, 1:45 p.m.

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