<div id="subtitle">12-year-old New York City junior high student handcuffed, arrested for doodling on desk</div><div><p>A New York City junior high student has been arrested for doodling on her desk with a marker.</p><p>Twelve-year-old Alexa Gonzalez scribbled "Lex was here 2/1/10" on her desk Monday at Junior High School 190 in Queens. She also wrote "I love my friends Abby and Faith." The girl says the doodles could have been erased.</p><p>Moraima Camacho says her daughter was released several hours after she was taken in handcuffs to a police station.</p><p>Education department spokesman David Cantor said the incident shouldn't have happened, and that common sense should prevail.</p><p>Last month, the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit alleging more than 20 instances of wrongful arrests and assaults by school safety officers.</p><p>Gonzalez has been assigned eight hours of community service, a book report and an essay on what she's learned from the experience.</p><p>___</p><p>Information from: Daily News, http://www.nydailynews.com</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68514235&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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