A 13-year-old boy was charged with assault after he reportedly kissed a classmate "against her will".
The pupil from Pikesville, Maryland, allegedly kissed the 14-year-girl as part of a dare at Pikesville Middle School.
School officials took a report of an incident which is said to have taken place during school hours.
According to a police report in the Baltimore Sun, the girl told police on 9 September that he grabbed her by her shirt, pulled her towards him and "open-mouth kissed her with his tongue".
The action taken over the incident appears to have divided opinion in the local area. One local told Fox 10: "I would let the parents get together and discuss it… rather than getting the police involved. Let the school handle it first and then if the parents want to press charges, then there’s nothing else that can be done."
The boy was charged as a juvenile last week and released to his mother, WBFF reported. A spokesman for Baltimore County Public Schools said he also faces school disciplinary action.
