Florida schoolboy, 17, beats female teaching aide to a pulp after she took his Nintendo Switch away
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In one terrifying moment, a 6’6″ schoolboy weighing 270 pounds knocked a teacher unconscious and severely beat her for taking her Nintendo Switch.
The 17-year-old student from Palm Coast’s Matanzas High School, who was not identified due to his age, violently attacked the paraprofessional after telling another student he was ‘going to kill her’ for taking his game on Tuesday.
“This could have been a homicide,” said Sheriff Rick Staly WESH 2.
In surveillance footage, released by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, the burly student can be seen running towards the teacher, who also went unidentified, before throwing her across the room, her body flying several feet.
She hits the ground headfirst, knocking her unconscious. The special needs student immediately begins kicking her before kneeling down to punch her head and torso.
In surveillance footage, released by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, the heavyset 17-year-old student from Palm Coast can be seen running towards the teacher, who was also not identified, before throwing her across the street. the room.
She hits the ground headfirst, knocking her unconscious. The special needs student immediately begins kicking her before kneeling down to punch her head and torso.
Another woman runs up to the student and grabs his arm, but is unable to pull him away from the assistant before several others rush to pull him away. Even after they manage to push him to the ground, she still extends her leg to hit her a few more times.
Five staff members are needed to restrain him and get him away from his body while he was fighting them.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office found the woman with “serious injuries” and she was transported to the hospital for treatment.
The teen claimed he “would hit her every time she took the game away from him” and spit at the teacher as officers escorted him away, according to the arrest report.
The student was arrested and taken to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Center, before being turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice. He was charged with felony aggravated assault with bodily harm, which he is punishable by up to five years in Florida.
His body flew several meters before he was knocked unconscious. The student had said that he would “hit her every time she took the game away from him.” The helper, who started working at the school in 2021, was seriously injured and taken to hospital.
Five staff members are needed to restrain him and get him away from his body while he was fighting them.
The student was arrested and taken to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Center, before being turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice. He was charged with felony assault with bodily harm, which is punishable by up to five years in Florida.
He is also facing expulsion from school.
In body cam footage, the student can be seen asking officers if he is “going to jail,” while being handcuffed at school.
‘For how long?’ the students asked.
“I don’t know,” the officer replied.
Moments later, he told the officers: ‘Fuck you, I don’t want to go to jail. I have more important things to do’, before accusing them of mistreating him.
Staly called the ordeal “absolutely horrendous and completely unnecessary.”
The Matanzas High School student (pictured), who was not identified due to his age, violently attacked the teaching assistant after telling another student he was ‘going to kill her’ for taking his game on Tuesday.
He also told the officers as they arrested him, ‘Fuck you, I don’t want to go to jail. I have more important things to do’
“It is our hope that the victim can recover, both mentally and physically, from this incident,” he said in a statement. ‘Our schools must be a safe place, both for employees and students.’
Flagler Schools Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt agreed, saying: ‘Creating a safe working and learning environment on our campuses is critical. Violence is never an appropriate reaction.
Matanzas High School said it had ‘no comment’ when contacted for comment.
The Flagler School Board said in a meeting after the event that they had made it a “high priority” to go over the policy to “help with this.”
The teaching assistant has worked within the school district since 2004 and started as an assistant in Matanzas in 2021.