Twelve-year-old Alexa Gonzalez , a NYC junior high student, was arrested and taken in handcuffs to a police station for writing on her desk with an erasable marker.

Gonzalez wrote “Lex was here 2/1/10″  and “I love my friends Abby and Faith.”

The girl was released after being held for several hours at the police station.

Gonzalez must perform eight hours of community service, as well as writing a book report and an essay on what she’s learned from the experience.

While I don’t endorse writing on desks and damaging public property, handcuffing and arresting a child for this is extreme and inexcusable.

Other New York City Student arrests:

2007 – Chelsea Fraser, 13, arrested for writing on her desk
2008 – Dennis Rivera, 5, handcuffed and sent to a psych ward after throwing a fit in his kindergarten class
2009 – 12-year-old sixth-grader arrested for doodling on her desk