In one horrifying moment, a six-foot-tall schoolboy who weighs 270 pounds knocked a female teaching assistant unconscious and severely beat her for taking his Nintendo Switch away.
The 17-year-old Matanzas High School student from Palm Coast, who was not named because of his age, violently assaulted the teaching assistant after he told another student he was going to “kill her” for taking his game Tuesday.
“This could have been murder,” Sheriff Rick Staly said WESH 2.
Surveillance footage released by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office shows the hulking student running toward the teacher, who was also unidentified, before launching her across the room, her body flying several feet.
She hits the ground with her head forward, knocking her unconscious. The special needs student immediately begins kicking her before kneeling down to punch her on the head and torso.
Surveillance footage released by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office shows the hulking student, 17, running from Palm Coast towards the teacher, who was also unidentified, before launching her across the room
She hits the ground with her head forward, knocking her unconscious. The special needs student immediately begins kicking her before kneeling down to punch her on the head and torso
Another woman runs up to the student and grabs his arm, but is unable to pull him off the assistant before several others rush to drag him off her. Even after they manage to push him to the ground, he still sticks out his leg to hit her a few more times.
It takes five staffers to restrain and drag him away from her body as he battles them.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office found the woman with “serious injuries” and she was transported to the hospital for treatment.
The teen claimed he would “beat her up every time she took his game” and spit on the teacher as deputies led him away, according to the arrest report.
The student was arrested and taken to the Sheriff’s Perry Hall inmate detention facility before being handed over to the Department of Juvenile Justice. He was charged with Felony Aggravated Battery with Bodily Harm, which is punishable by five years in Florida.
Her body flew several feet before she was knocked unconscious. The student had said he would “beat her up every time she takes his game from him.” The assistant, who started working at the school in 2021, was seriously injured and taken to hospital
It takes five staffers to restrain and drag him away from her body as he battles them
The student was arrested and taken to the Sheriff’s Perry Hall inmate detention facility before being handed over to the Department of Juvenile Justice. He was charged with Felony Aggravated Battery with Bodily Harm, which is punishable by five years in Florida
He is also at risk of being expelled from school.
Bodycam footage shows the student asking officers if he is “going to jail” as they handcuff him inside the school.
‘For how long?’ the students asked.
“I don’t know,” the officer replied.
Moments later, he told officers, “F**k you, I don’t want to go to jail. I have more important things to do,” before accusing them of assaulting him.
Staly called the ordeal “absolutely horrific and completely inappropriate.”
The Matanzas High School student (pictured), who was not named because of his age, violently assaulted the teaching assistant after he told another student he was “going to kill her” for taking his game Tuesday
He also told officers while he was being arrested, “F**k you, I don’t want to go to jail. I have more important things to do’
“We hope that the victim is able to recover both mentally and physically from this incident,” he said in a statement. ‘Our schools must be a safe place – for both staff and students.’
Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt of Flagler Schools agreed, saying: ‘Creating a safe learning and working environment on our campuses is critical. Violence is never an appropriate response.’
Matanzas High School said it had “no comment” when reached for comment.
The Flagler School Board said at a meeting after the event that they’ve made it a “high priority” to review the policy to “help with this.”
The teaching assistant has been working within the school district since 2004 and started as an assistant at Matanzas in 2021.
