A high school student who was caught on a cellphone video circulating online slapping a teacher in the face last month will be tried as an adult, the district attorney in North Carolina said.
Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said the student in question, 17-year-old Aquavious Hickman, had vowed to kill a female teacher at Parkland High School. WRAL-TV reported.
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In the April 15 video, the teacher remained seated and offered no resistance as the student slapped her twice in the face. The second slap caused the teacher’s glasses to fly off.
After the physical attack, the student asked the teacher, “Is that shit wrong?” Slap you, bitch, go back to being a teacher…”
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The day after the attack, Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Said “The boy has been charged with assault and intimidation of a government official.” Specifically, authorities said Juvenile Justice “issued a safe custody order for one count of wire intimidation and two counts of misdemeanor assault.”
O’Neill was then asked if he would try the student as an adult. Noticed by WGHP-TV He said the charges cannot be filed in superior court because they are only misdemeanors.
However, WRAL reported Monday morning that a grand jury last week issued a “true indictment” against the boy, charging him with second-degree kidnapping for unlawful confinement and restraint without the teacher’s consent with intent to terrorize the boy. He pointed out that he had returned theSecond degree kidnapping is a felony. State Law.
The boy was also charged with original charges of assault and communicating threats to a government official, according to WRAL.
Additionally, the boy was charged with second-degree kidnapping of a teacher in a separate incident, and WRAL reported that on February 1, he unlawfully confined, restrained and terrorized a male teacher without his consent. he added. The boy was also charged with misdemeanor riot in connection with the Feb. 1 incident, in which O’Neill said he did not act alone, WGHP said. another story.
a WXII-TV Video Report Hickman said he left the country on bail.be WGHP video report He is scheduled to appear in court on May 28, it added.
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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Tricia McManus told WGHP shortly after the slap was caught on video that a district hearing would determine the outcome for the student and that McManus would recommend expulsion. Stated.
Additional claims
Also last month, a former Parkland substitute teacher spoke to WGHP in a separate article. Story Last year, the student who slapped the teacher twice in the face physically assaulted him.
Larry Edwards, who has been a teacher for about 40 years and taught at the high school for about 13 years before retiring to become a substitute teacher at the high school, told WGHP that the student pushed his head against him. .
Edwards told the station she was “appalled” when she was substituted in a biology class in early May 2023 when a student took another student’s name and was supposed to be attending class. He said there was no.
Edwards told WGHP that the student had been disruptive before the physical attack. “As I went to my desk to pick up the phone to call the office, he walked behind me, mocking me, and I happened to turn around and see him. The students started laughing. The next thing I knew, He took his hand and smashed my head in, and everyone started laughing and he ran off.”
Edwards told police she reported the alleged assault that same day and wrote an affidavit and submitted it to high school administrators. …About a month later, I received this letter from the Downtown Juvenile Department…I was looking forward to my court date so I could see him in court. I just wanted to face him. ”
But Edwards said he was told authorities had chosen a different path, adding to WGHP that he believes it was “kind of swept under the rug.”
A school district spokesperson told the station about Edwards’ claims that the district could not comment because federal law requires that student disciplinary records are private and cannot be shared.
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