San Ramon police and school district authorities report that a 16-year-old has been arrested for allegedly dragging a female assistant high school principal by her hair across a parking lot.
Police and school district authorities say that the assault happened during a Homecoming Dance at California High School in San Ramon.
Police and school district authorities say that the unnamed teen was not a student at the high school but he is a student within the district.
Police say they tracked down the suspect to his home and placed him under arrest.
San Ramon Police released this statement:
Our officers responded to an assault at California High School on Saturday evening at roughly 8:45 pm. During the investigation, our officers determined the Assistant Principal contacted two juveniles in the school parking lot about leaving the Homecoming Dance early, which was not allowed.
During this interaction, the 16-year-old suspect physically assaulted the Assistant Principal and then fled the area with the second juvenile.
Based on the injuries sustained by the Assistant Principal, the 16-year-old suspect was arrested at his home a short time after the assault took place and later booked at Juvenile Hall for multiple felony violations. The suspect was not enrolled at California High School but is a student at another high school within the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.
Detectives from the San Ramon Police Department presented the case to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office yesterday (Tuesday, 10/23/24) and the District Attorney’s Office filed two felony charges against the juvenile suspect for violations of Penal Code 243(d) – Felony Assault and Penal Code 207 – Kidnapping.
***To explain the kidnapping charge in a little more detail, this specific penal code violation was applicable because during the assault, the suspect dragged the Assistant Principal by her hair from one location to another within the parking lot.***
Regarding the injuries sustained by the Assistant Principal, she was treated by emergency room medical staff the night of the incident but from what we know, it was not an extended hospitalization.