Three arrested after fight at Knightdale High
Posted: Today at 11:58 a.m. Updated: 1 minute ago
Knightdale, N.C. — Three students were arrested after several fights broke out Wednesday morning at Knightdale High School, according to police.
Lyndon Earl Ore, 16, and Prentise Ja’vaughn Wilkins, 17, were each charged with simple affray and disorderly conduct after police said they started fighting at the school just after 10:30 a.m.
Police said Darren Strawder, 18, was trying to jump into the fight and took a swing at a resource officer who was trying to detain him. He is charged with one count of assault on a government official.
The three remained at the Wake County jail Wednesday afternoon.
About 40 officers descended on the school after a fight broke out in the cafeteria. More than 1,900 students were in the room when the fight started. Officers said several other fights broke out.
Knightdale police contacted other agencies for help. At one point, a Wake County Sheriff's sergeant said up to 40 students were involved in the fights.
School staff cut the lunch period short because of the fights. Some parents picked up their students up early from school because of the incident.
Wake County Public School System spokesman Greg Thomas said classes resumed by noon.~Love Barbara~
Posted: Today at 11:58 a.m. Updated: 1 minute ago
Knightdale, N.C. — Three students were arrested after several fights broke out Wednesday morning at Knightdale High School, according to police.
Lyndon Earl Ore, 16, and Prentise Ja’vaughn Wilkins, 17, were each charged with simple affray and disorderly conduct after police said they started fighting at the school just after 10:30 a.m.
Police said Darren Strawder, 18, was trying to jump into the fight and took a swing at a resource officer who was trying to detain him. He is charged with one count of assault on a government official.
The three remained at the Wake County jail Wednesday afternoon.
About 40 officers descended on the school after a fight broke out in the cafeteria. More than 1,900 students were in the room when the fight started. Officers said several other fights broke out.
Knightdale police contacted other agencies for help. At one point, a Wake County Sheriff's sergeant said up to 40 students were involved in the fights.
School staff cut the lunch period short because of the fights. Some parents picked up their students up early from school because of the incident.
Wake County Public School System spokesman Greg Thomas said classes resumed by noon.~Love Barbara~
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