Police reportedly charged a 16-year-old boy with kidnapping and felony assault after he allegedly dragged an assistant principal by her hair across a high school parking lot in San Ramon, California.
The teenage alleged offender, a visiting student attending the Homecoming Dance at California High School on Oct. 19, allegedly pulled the assistant principal from one spot to another after she corrected him and another student for trying to leave the dance around 8:45 p.m., ABC 7 reported.
“It’s a big deal, and on top of that, when you go to another person’s homecoming, it’s a night of celebration for those students, so my suspicions were, did they go there for reasons that weren’t great to begin with?” one parent with children in the San Ramon Valley Unified School district told the outlet.
Both teenagers left the scene after the incident. Police later arrested the 16-year-old at his home, according to the outlet.
The 16-year-old alleged attacker does not attend California High School, but he does attend a school in the same district, the outlet noted.
Police said the assistant principal was treated for injuries at the hospital following the alleged incident, police said, according to ABCv7.
“That’s really hurtful and hard to hear because all of our assistant principals are super wonderful and super amazing,” Addison Erridge, a recent graduate from California High School, said.
San Ramon Police released a statement saying the 16-year-old “physically assaulted” the assistant principal. The statement explained that the juvenile was charged with Penal Code 207 – Kidnapping and Penal Code 243 (d) — Felony Assault.
“To explain the kidnapping charge in a little more detail, this specific penal code violation was applicable because during the assault, the suspect dragged the Assistant Principal by her hair from one location to another within the parking lot,” the police department’s statement clarified.
San Ramon Valley Unified School District released a statement saying both students involved in the incident did not attend California High School but are enrolled at another school in the district.
“We want to be clear that, in no uncertain terms, this conduct will not be tolerated at Cal High or at any school in SRVUSD. We care deeply about the safety and well-being of our students, as well as all of our staff,” the district’s statement reads.
“This incident is not a reflection of the outstanding character and conduct of our student population at Cal High or in SRVUSD as a whole. As we shared directly with the Cal High community, we all have a collective responsibility to care for one another and ensure that each and every site in SRVUSD is a place where all members of our community are safe, both physically and emotionally,” the district added in its statement.
End them…they are no use to society…end them!