Officers responded to facility to prevent a disturbance. Juvenile’s guardian advised she had received a call from the facility regarding juvenile being in a fight the day before, and received a call from the nurse hours later who advised the juvenile was stating the incident involved a staff member. Juvenile’s guardian responded to the location to pick up juvenile due to the incident that they failed to inform her of until a day later.
Officers spoke with the juvenile who stated the staff member had another juvenile fight him while the staff member restrained him. Juvenile advised he punched the staff member out of self-defense, and the staff member then escorted him to the bathroom and punched him twice in the face and began to choke him. Officers observed juvenile had a black eye. Officers advised juvenile’s guardian on process of seeking warrants, and a child abuse report was made.