Male student charged in assault, pepper spray of female students, teacher

On Wednesday the Warren County Sheriff’s Office released details of an assault the previous day, March 7, at Warren County High School.  According to the Press Release a male student physically assaulted a female student around 1:30 p.m.  When a female faculty member attempted to break the incident up, the male pulled “a commercially available self-defense spray” that directly hit the assault victim and teacher, and indirectly affected two other female students.

The male student left the scene before the arrival of the Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer, but was located at the Juvenile Intake Office where deputies detained him without incident.  Two deputies, Lambert and Pugh, questioned the juvenile suspect, who was then charged with one count of assault and battery, two counts of assault and battery with a caustic substance and one count of disorderly conduct.  Additional charges were also pending, the release stated.

The male suspect was transported to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester. A detention hearing is slated for 1 p.m. today (March 8) in Warren County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

All of the victims were transported to Warren Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Room, treated for their injuries and released.

(Info from a March 8 Warren County Sheriff’s Office Press Release)