A felony charge was filed on Friday against the teacher's aide who was involved in a scuffle with a student earlier in the week. He left jail over Friday night.Jasmine Pennix, 39, faces up to six years in jail and up to $10,000 in fines if convicted of the single charge of physical abuse to a child.Pennix earlier in the day was fired by the Milwaukee Public Schools in connection with the attack that was captured on video. The 17-second video showed Pennix, of the 5200 block of North 44th Street, tackling a 14-year-old student inside a Bay View High School classroom.The video doesn't show what led up to the incident.At a school board meeting on Thursday evening, MPS Superintendent Dr. Dariene Driver called the incident "deeply disturbing" and said school authorities were cooperating with the Milwaukee Police Department in the investigation. Sources told WISN 12 NEWS that the student had been arrested in the days prior to the interaction with the aide. A man delivering pizzas on Saturday said he was nearly carjacked by the same teen. Erick Martinez said he wasn't surprised to hear other students at the boy's high school say the boy provoked the aide.Get the WISN 12 NEWS app

A felony charge was filed on Friday against the teacher's aide who was involved in a scuffle with a student earlier in the week. He left jail over Friday night.

Jasmine Pennix, 39, faces up to six years in jail and up to $10,000 in fines if convicted of the single charge of physical abuse to a child.

Pennix earlier in the day was fired by the Milwaukee Public Schools in connection with the attack that was captured on video. The 17-second video showed Pennix, of the 5200 block of North 44th Street, tackling a 14-year-old student inside a Bay View High School classroom.



The video doesn't show what led up to the incident.

At a school board meeting on Thursday evening, MPS Superintendent Dr. Dariene Driver called the incident "deeply disturbing" and said school authorities were cooperating with the Milwaukee Police Department in the investigation.

Sources told WISN 12 NEWS that the student had been arrested in the days prior to the interaction with the aide. A man delivering pizzas on Saturday said he was nearly carjacked by the same teen.

Erick Martinez said he wasn't surprised to hear other students at the boy's high school say the boy provoked the aide.



