School girl arrested for drawing on school desk

The New York City middle school student reportedly was put in metal handcuffs, not the plastic ties often used, and taken to a police station for her offence.

Alexa Gonzalez, a seventh grader at Junior High School 190 in Forest Hills, was hauled out of school in handcuffs, the Daily News reported on Friday.

Handcuffed for minor infractions
According to a report from MyFox National, a Queens girl was not only hauled off in handcuffs, she was even patted down by officers.

Gonzalez told the Daily News that she was scribbling a few words on her desk Monday while waiting for her Spanish teacher to pass out homework.

She allegedly scribbled: "I love my friends Abby and Faith," adding the phrases "Lex was here. 2/1/10" and a smiley face.

The girl says she scribbled using a lime-green erasable marker and that the doodles could have been erased. But, she was suspended when an offending item was found with her.

Arrest was humiliating
The Daily News says she was taken in handcuffs to the 112th Precinct across the street from the school and detained for several hours.

"I started crying, like, a lot," Gonzalez tells the newspaper. "I made two little doodles. It could be easily erased. To put handcuffs on me is unnecessary."

"I called my mom and (told her to) bring everything in and bring the cops and they put the handcuffs on me," she continued.

Mother infuriated over the action
Gonzalez's mother, Moraima Camacho, was stunned after hearing the news and said she could not believe the nightmare her daughter went through.

"As soon as I saw her take off the handcuffs I said, 'No, what are you …' and (the officer) was like, 'sorry, this is the procedure. We have to do this,'" said Camacho.

"My daughter was humiliated! Humiliated!" Camacho said, referring to her trip to the police precinct and suspension.

Punishment didn't fit the crime
Meanwhile, the New York City Department of Education has figured out that the punishment was too much for the crime.

"The principal made a mistake and the suspension has been lifted," Margie Feinberg, a spokeswoman for the Education department, tells ParentDish in an official statement on Friday.

"The JHS 190 principal in Queens is reaching out to the parent today and has lifted the suspension. The student is returning to her classes," the department said in a statement.

Another spokesman from Department of Education, David Cantor, tells the Daily News the school's actions were clearly questionable.

"Based on what we've seen so far, this shouldn't have happened," he says.