Philly police: 8th-grader punched teacher in class

 

Published: February 13, 2012

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say an eighth-grader attacked his science teacher during class and has been arrested.

Officer Jillian Russell says the 14-year-old was taken into custody on Monday at Leeds Middle School in Mount Airy.

School district spokesman Fernando Gallard (geye-YAHRD') says an argument broke out as the 60-year-old teacher returned an assignment to the teen. He says the confron...


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