LCSO: Clash over Chromebook ends in battery charge for Rickards High School teen
After arguing over the return of a laptop, a Rickards High School senior has been arrested on a charge of battery on a school official, according to the Leon County Sheriff's Office.
It marks the second assault arrest at the school this month, and the second arrest of a Rickards student in a week.
The student, scheduled to participate in the school's graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. May 21, was instead taken to the Leon County Detention Facility.
Superintendent Rocky Hanna said he had no knowledge of the arrest when asked about it by a reporter around 5 p.m., just as he was leaving a graduation ceremony at Raa Middle School.
The 18-year-old student was in a dispute with a school staff member regarding the return of one of the school's Chromebooks, the laptop computers students use to complete school assignments, according to the Sheriff's Office.
When told to leave, the student refused, physically blocked the doorway and allegedly struck the employee in the chest multiple times. Under state law, battery on a school official is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.
Days earlier, on May 19, a Rickards student was arrested by the Leon County Sheriff's Office after allegedly posting a video on Instagram threatening a mass shooting at the 65-year-old high school.
On May 7, a 17-year-old Rickards student was arrested for battery on a school official after she allegedly punched an employee in the face multiple times.
Alaijah Brown covers children & families for the Tallahassee Democrat. She can be reached at ABrown1@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter/X: @AlaijahBrown3.
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