Hercules Police Detain 9-Year-Old Boy After He Allegedly Kicked an Officer in Leg

A school resource officer in Hercules detained a 9-year-old on Wednesday after the boy allegedly battered the officer by kicking him intentionally in the leg, police said Thursday. At 9:43 a.m., a school resource officer received a phone call from a staff member at a Hercules elementary school about an out of control third-grade student.

The officer was told the 9-year-old was angry at a staff member and picked up a pair of scissors, but did not threaten anyone with them, police said. The staff member was able to get the scissors away from the student, but police said he ran into a utility room and piled up several items to barricade himself inside. The officer first asked the boy to come outside, but he reportedly refused, prompting the officer to remove the barricade, police said.

Once the officer removed the barricade, the student allegedly dove further under a table and tried to hide. Police said the officer was able to get the student out from under the table, but he was uncooperative and combative and intentionally kicked one of the officers in the leg. The student was taken to the Hercules Police Department and later released to his grandmother, police said.

Hercules police Detective Connie Van Putten said the case could go to the probation department for review, but said she wasn’t sure if charges would be filed in the case. It’s not the youngest person detained by police in her time as a member of the police force, she said.

“We’ve gotten them in younger than that,” Van Putten said. She said the concern of the school and of the officer was that since the student already picked up a pair of scissors and was hiding, he could have inadvertently injured himself. “He’s not in control,” Van Putten said. “They needed to make sure he’s protected.” Van Putten said the boy is old enough to recognize the uniformed officer as police and understand he would be safe with the officer.

“Unfortunately, we have to do what we do to protect everybody,” she said.

By Bay City News

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