A Matanzas High School student is accused of violently attacking and knocking a school employee unconscious because she took his Nintendo Switch gaming console away from him during class, according to deputies.
The 17-year-old Palm Coast boy was arrested on a charge of felony aggravated battery with bodily harm, the Flagler Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
On Tuesday morning, school resource deputies were alerted about a teacher’s aide that had been physically attacked on campus. When they arrived at the classroom, they found the woman lying on the ground bloody with severe injuries.
While in the classroom, the student made statements that he was upset that she took his game away and said he “will beat her up every time she takes away his game,” an arrest report stated, and that “when he comes back he is going to kill her.”
Investigators reviewed the school’s surveillance footage which showed the student – who is approximately 6 feet and 6 inches tall and weighs 270 pounds – rushing toward the school employee and pushing her several feet, knocking her unconscious on the floor.
The boy is then seen kicking and punching the unconscious woman at least 15 times in the back and head, deputies said. “The actions of this student are absolutely horrendous and completely uncalled for,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in a statement.
“We hope the victim will be able to recover, both mentally and physically, from this incident. Thankfully, students and staff members came to the victim’s aid before the SRDs could arrive.”
The student was taken to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and later turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
According to Fox 35 Orlando, school resource deputies were alerted that a teacher's aide had been physically attacked in class on Tuesday morning. Upon arriving at the venue, authorities saw the employee lying on the ground covered in blood and with severe injuries.The Flagler Sheriff's Office said the student was arrested on a charge of felony, aggravated battery with bodily harm. Another bodycam video documenting the arrest showed the boy asking, “Am I going to jail?” to which the deputy can be heard replying, “Yes, you are.”As per the arrest report, students present inside the classroom at Matanzas High School said that the teen was upset after the teacher took his game away and said he “will beat her up every time she takes away his game.”He also allegedly said that he will kill her once he comes back. The surveillance footage showed that the student was approximately 6 feet and 6 inches tall and weighed around 270 pounds. The deputies said he was also seen kicking and punching the unconscious woman at least 15 times in the back and head.
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