A 9-year-old boy from Oklahoma received a victim protective order (VPO) at school after reportedly stalking and harassing a female classmate for several months, reports the NY Post. 

Undersheriff for Pottawatomi County, Travis Dinwiddie, delivered the order to the student at Horace Mann Elementary School on Wednesday morning, following approval by Judge Tracy McDaniel. The girl’s mother, Elsy Goggin, had filed the petition for the order.

“We served it there because that was the address that was put on the petition by the court… It’s ordered by the courts. And so we have to serve that as officers of the court,”

Dinwiddie told the outlet.

Before serving the boy at school, the sheriff’s office made sure to inform his family about the situation.

“I’m just shocked because he’s nine years old being served by sheriffs at school,”

Lavonne McCoy, grandmother of the 9-year-old boy, told the outlet.

“I’ve seen her at the store, and she always runs after him playing. And he tries to hide because, you know, he’s nine… I’m not sure why he’s getting in trouble for just being a child because there is nothing on here that says any type of abuse,”

McCoy said. McCoy described the children’s interactions as

“children being children, running around playing.”

However, according to the girl’s mother, Elsy Goggin, the boy has been violent towards her daughter. Goggin told the outlet that she made several attempts to resolve the issue before filing.

“I had to go to this point where I said, enough is enough,”

Goggin told the outlet.

After being served, the child was sent home. He is to appear in court on April 24, according to the outlet.

In a statement provided to the outlet, Horace Mann Elementary School’s superintendent Dr. Aaron Espolt said,

“We will always cooperate with our law enforcement officials and will work with families to ensure the highest safety standards and protocols are followed.”

#Clique, what are your thoughts?