yearbook Prank Leads To Student Arrested And Felony Charges; Is This "Bullying" Even If Girls Barely Knew Each Other?[VIDEO]

A Yearbook prank could lead to felony charges for high school student Kaitlyn Booth.  In the yearbook prank Booth altered the last name of fellow student, Raigan Mastain, to "Masturbate," just before the school yearbook was printed and distributed to students at a high school in Missouri. Kaitlyn was arrested and faces felony charges. 

Mastain says the yearbook prank was an act of bullying although her arrest was a hit too severe. The strangest thing; the two students

The High School student was arrested May 14 after she changed a student's last name from Mastain to "masturbate" in the yearbook. She could be charged with first-degree property damage, a felony, and harassment. The student also faces unspecified school punishments.

 If the school reprinting 720 yearbooks it would have cost around $41,000 so the school decided to place sticker's over the word "masturbate," restoring Mastain's proper last name.

Mastain, a student government leader who also worked on the school newspaper and its literary review, said she didn't even notice her altered name on page 270 until a friend alerted her by text message once she arrived home after school.

Though she wasn't thrilled, Mastain took the prank like a champ.  She thinks Booth doesn't deserve a felony charge but is extremely annoyed at her actions.

Mastain said that she didn't even know Booth that well at school and that she didn't think her and Booth had any problems with one another. "At some point, when someone makes a mistake, there needs to be a consequence," she said.

"I was kind of annoyed. It was stupid, but I wasn't that upset," Mastain told UPI. "When you're in high school, you do stuff that is not necessarily the smartest, and this was an example of that."

She adds about Booth's actions:

 "I understand the legality ... but I was definitely pretty shocked. When you're in high school, you do stuff that is not necessarily the smartest, and this was an example of that."

"At some point, when someone makes a mistake, there needs to be a consequence," said Mastain, 18, who is headed in the fall to the University of Central Missouri. "I do not think it's appropriate. It's bullying. The property damage is an enormous amount of money. It's not to be taken lightly."

If the girls had almost no contact with each other is that still considered bullying or was Booth just attempting to be humorous?

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