Hilde Kate Lysiak

Even in a new town, with new friends and new stories, 12-year-old crime reporter Hilde Kate Lysiak knew her rights. And when she was pursuing a story in the small town of Patagonia, Ariz., last week, she stood firm and shot video of the town police chief telling her, “If you put my face on the Internet, it’s against the law.”

Then things got weird.