SLED charges SRO with assault after grabbing student in school cafeteria
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SLED charges SRO with assault after grabbing student in school cafeteria
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has charged a school resource officer with assault and battery for an incident involving a student.On May 1, SLED charged 57-year-old Gerald Richardson, who was a school resource officer at Alice Drive Middle School, with third-degree assault and battery. The Sumter Police Department requested SLED to investigate.According to the arrest warrants, on Feb. 20, Richardson, while inside the school cafeteria, grabbed a student by the neck and forced him to the floor, causing the student to hit his head.SLED said Richardson was attempting to detain the student for using profane language.According to SLED, Richardson did not give any commands to the student or tell him that he was being detained before grabbing the victim, who was passively sitting at a cafeteria table. Richardson admitted that his actions were not justified.Richardson was booked into the Sumter-Lee Regional County Detention Center.The case will be prosecuted by the Third Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
SUMTER, S.C. —
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has charged a school resource officer with assault and battery for an incident involving a student.
On May 1, SLED charged 57-year-old Gerald Richardson, who was a school resource officer at Alice Drive Middle School, with third-degree assault and battery. The Sumter Police Department requested SLED to investigate.
According to the arrest warrants, on Feb. 20, Richardson, while inside the school cafeteria, grabbed a student by the neck and forced him to the floor, causing the student to hit his head.
SLED said Richardson was attempting to detain the student for using profane language.
According to SLED, Richardson did not give any commands to the student or tell him that he was being detained before grabbing the victim, who was passively sitting at a cafeteria table. Richardson admitted that his actions were not justified.