S.C. sheriff says mother attacked student, SRO injured in separate fights at school

Two unrelated school fights occurred within minutes of each other on Friday. Sumter County Sheriff’s Office One of them, a school resource officer, was injured.

Around 9:15 a.m., a school resource officer RE Davis College Preparatory Academy The person on East School Road contacted dispatch to report a fight in progress and requested assistance.

The sheriff said a teenager and their mother, 36-year-old Nessia Gibson, attacked another student at school. Neither Gibson nor her children had permission to be in the school district where the attack occurred.

Gibson was charged with assault, battery and disrupting schools, authorities said. He was arrested and transported to the sheriff’s detention center where he awaited a bail hearing. The child accused of assault was handed over to a relative after being taken into custody. They applied to the family court. Gibson’s other child was charged with outraging public order.

In the other fight that took place around 09.22 in the morning, the administrators Lakewood High School We called 911 to report the attack. It was claimed that the 17-year-old student attacked two students. When a school resource officer attempted to make an arrest, the 17-year-old struck and “injured” the deputy.

The deputy was discharged from Prisma Tuomey Hospital after treatment of his wound. He is expected to make a full recovery, officials said.

The 17-year-old, whose name was not released by the sheriff’s office due to his age, was charged with assault and battery, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. They were taken there Ministry of Juvenile Justice An application was made to the Family Court.

“Schools should be safe places for our children to learn,” Sheriff Anthony Dennis said in a news release. “To ensure this, School Resource Officers have been assigned to each school and disruptive children and parents will be held accountable.”