Police are investigating after an altercation between a teacher’s aide and a student.
On March 8, around noon, a Fall River school resource officer at Talbot Middle School was notified of a disturbance in a classroom.
As the officer approached the classroom, she reported hearing a loud commotion coming from within the classroom. When she entered, she said she saw a 62-year-old teacher’s aide on the floor, straddling a student’s chest while his hands were around the student’s neck.
The officer said she intervened and separated the man and the student, a 12-year-old boy.
The student was taken to the school nurse for evaluation. The student’s guardian was contacted, along with the Department of Children and Families.
According to initial reports, the incident happened as a result of an altercation in the classroom between the man and another student. It was reported that when the second student intervened, he was taken to the floor where he hit his head and was choked.
The man left the building after the incident and was summoned into Second District Court for strangulation and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon charges.
His identity has not been released because he has not yet been arraigned.
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