An altercation between two students at a Nebraska high school erupted into gunfire Tuesday afternoon, sending a 15-year-old to a local hospital and a 14-year-old to jail. Omaha Police said the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but an update later Tuesday afternoon said the teen was in stable condition, WOWT reported. …
Police in a north Georgia city arrested a 14-year-old student Wednesday night for threatening a school shooting just hours after another 14-year-old student killed four people and wounded at least 9 others in another Georgia town. Gainesville Police said the threats were “circulating over social media” late in the evening, and they launched an investigation. …
A Florida public school teacher was arrested this week and accused of abusing a special-needs student in a classroom. Beatriz Rapisarda, 41, faces charges of child abuse and false imprisonment for the incident at Sunrise Elementary School, the Palm Bay Police Department said. Investigators say Rapisarda was seen by several witnesses pushing the student and …
The Uvalde school district’s former police chief and one of his former officers have been indicted on felony charges of abandoning and endangering children for their roles in the law enforcement response to the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas in 2022. Christina Mitchell, the 38th Judicial District Attorney, confirmed the charges against former …
Indianapolis Police have opened a criminal investigation after the mother of a 7-year-old boy with disabilities filed suit against the city’s school district and some of its staff members — including second grade teacher who allegedly encouraged other students to attack the boy and recorded the abuse on his cell phone. According to the lawsuit, …
A Tennessee preschool teacher has been arrested after she allegedly threatened to shoot another teacher and the school during an argument. Nashville police responded to The Academy of McCrory Lane at about 11 a.m. on Thursday, meeting with an employee outside who told them the preschool and daycare was in lockdown because of the threat, …
A special grand jury in Virginia this week indicted on child abuse charges the former assistant principal of an elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher last year and issued a scathing report detailing security and administrative failures at the school leading up to the shooting. The grand jury indicted Dr. Ebony Parker …
Criminal charges have been filed in connection with an alleged night of violent and racist hazing at a University of Alabama fraternity last fall. One of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon members named in a 5-count lawsuit filed after the incident last August has now been charged with one count of misdemeanor harassment and one count …
Florida police have arrested an elementary school teacher and are looking for a teacher’s aide after they were seen on video tying a non-verbal student to a chair and holding him there for an hour. Bradenton police initially said they had obtained warrants for Exceptional Student Education teacher Carina Chindamo, 31, and aide Taylor Internicola, …
A girls’ high school basketball coach was fired and one of the team’s players suspended after antisemitic rhetoric was spewed at players from a Jewish school they were playing. A statement from the Yonkers school system and the mayor of the town said that the investigation into the incident is ongoing and there could be …
Nevada officials have released surveillance footage of the moments before a 16-year-old high school student attacked a teacher and tried to rape her last year. Jonathan Garzia-Martinez was sentenced in June to 16 to 40 years for the incident at Eldorado High School. KLAS reported that footage showed Garzia-Martinez trying to enter a classroom and …
A Texas mother was sentenced to probation this week, after dressing up as her daughter and recording herself at an El Paso middle school in 2021. According to the El Paso Times, Casey Garcia was sentenced to six months of probation, a $700 probated fine, and 100 hours of community service for criminal trespassing, an …
