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« Charge: R.I. Hospital security guard stole patients' IDs | Today | Police seek help finding suspect in abduction attempt » March 14, 2008N. Providence High teen accused of assault at schoolNORTH PROVIDENCE -- A 16-year-old student at North Providence High School has been arrested after being accused of assaulting the school resource officer and an assistant principal in the school, police said. Deputy Police Chief Paul A. Marino said the teenager lost control of his temper and got into a scuffle yesterday with Patrolman David Henry, the school resource officer. Several police officers and school officials had to restrain the student. "They were suspending him from school, and he didn’t want to go,’’ he said. Marino said neither the police officer or assistant principal were seriously injured. According to a police report, the teenager and his girlfriend got into an argument shortly after 10:30 a.m. in the school nurse’s office. He moved to the hallway and started swearing at Christen McLaughlin, an assistant principal. She told police that the teenager headed to door that would take him outside and she warned him that he would be "truant,’’ if he left the building. The teenager left and returned a few minutes later. The police report said that Officer Henry approached the teenager, who became unruly and shouted obscenities at him. Henry told the him to "calm down,’’ and "leave the building,’’ the report says. -- Journal staff writer W. Zachary Malinowski
Two other police officers, Mike Zaccagnini and John Piluso, arrived at the high school and helped Henry take the teenager into custody. On the way out, the boy allegedly kicked the police cruiser, leaving a dent in the right rear end. At police headquarters, the teenager was charged with two counts of simple assault for allegedly striking Henry and McLaughlin, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, vandalism to town property and willful trespassing on school grounds. He was placed in a jail cell pending an appearance in Family Court in Providence. Posted by Andrea Panciera CommentsChris | March 15, 2008 8:30 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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This student should be expelled. It should be his parent's responsibility to educate him. The state gave him his chance at a free education and he AND his parents blew it. This is why kids are failing as adults when they get out of school. While growing up they don't have to face the consequences of their actions and then, when they enter the real world and are not treated with kid gloves they can't handle the pressure. Everyone is going to say give him another chance. OK, give him another chance next year. We all know the parents are going to blow it off and say he was just upset over his girlfriend and he will be back at school bragging about how "macho" he was. Let him work the rest of the year to pay for the damage he did to the police car and stay back a year. Maybe that will send a message that this behavior won't be tolerated.