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WEBVTT >> FOR THE FIRST TIME, I HAVE MYHANDS ON THE INCIDENT REPORTTHAT ACCUSES YOUNG JOHN HAYGOODOF ASSAULTING HIS TEACHER.THIS PAGE HERE SAYS THERE WEREVISIBLE MARKS AND SCRATCHES LEFTFROM WHERE HE KICKED AND PUNCHEDTHE SCHOOL EMPLOYEFOR ANYTHING YOU CAN SAY TOME?>> THIS IS THE VIDEO WE SHOWEDYOU OF HIS ARREST WEDNESDAY.BUT THINGS WERE VERY DIFFERENTAS I WALKED OUT OF COURTALONGSIDE HIM AND HIS MOMTHURSDAY MORNING.>> DID IT HURT YOUR FEELINGSWHEN THE POLICE OFFICER PUT YOUIN HANDCUFFS?>> NO, I GOT PISSED.>> HE TOLD ME IT WAS A LONGNIGHT IN JUVIE, AND HIS MOM SAIDSHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOWTHINGS GOT TO THIS POINT.>> I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED SIXMONTHS AGO, I NEVER SEEN ANARREST REPORT, I NEVER SAW THECHARGES.I JUST KNOW WHAT WAS TOLD, THATHE MAY OR MAY NOT PRESS CHARGES.>> ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'SOFFICE, ON OCTOBER 27, JOHN WASBEING DISRUPTIVE AND THE TEACHERASKED HIM TO GO TO TIME OUT.HE REFUSED AND SO THE TEACHERTRIED TO REMOVE HIM, WHICH ISWHEN HE STARTED THE PHYSICALATTACK.THE INVESTIGATION ALSO SITES THETEACHER AS BEING CERTIFIED INNON-VIOLENT CRISIS PREVENTIONINTERVENTION.>> I WOULD THINK I WOULD HAVESOMETHING WRITTEN SAYING WHATTHE CHARGES WERE, BEFORE THECHARGES WERE TOLD TO MY SON INTHE COURTROOM BY THE JUDGE.>> AND LUANNE HAYGOOD SAID ITWAS A PAINFUL SIGHT.>> FOR HIM TO COME IN, IN AJUMPSUIT THAT IS COVERING HISFEET AND SIX INCHES PAST HISHAND, AND WHEN THE JUDGE ASKSHIM TO RAISE HIS RIGHT HAND, WECOULDN'T EVEN FIND IT.SHE ALSO EMPHASIZED SHE WOULDNOT HAVE TAKEN HIM TO SCHOOL FORTHE STANDARDIZED TESTING IF SHEHAD KNOWN HE WASN'T WELCOMETHERE OR THAT THERE WAS AWARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. MOVING FORWARD, THOUGH, SHETELLS ME SHE DOES PLAN TO HIREAN ATTORNEY TO FIGHT FOR HER

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A 10-year-old boy appeared in court on charges of assaulting his teacher in the fall of 2016 and was released to his mother. A school resource deputy at the Okeechobee Achievement Academy wrote that on October 27, John Haygood left scratches and marks on his teacher’s arm after kicking and punching. The incident report states that Haygood was being disruptive to class, throwing paper balls and hitting other students so the teacher asked him to go to time-out. The report states that Haygood refused so the teacher attempted to remove him and then he attacked.“I know what happened six months ago,” said Luanne Haygood, admitting that she knew her son did have a scuffle with a staff member. But she insisted that she was never warned of any warrants for his arrest or imminent problems with law enforcement. “I never seen an arrest report, I never saw the charges I just know what was told that he may or may not press charges.”On Wednesday, Haygood returned to the school campus to take a standardized test but was handcuffed and carried away. “For him to come in, in a jumpsuit that is covering his feet and 6 inches past his hand and when the judge asks him to raise his right hand we couldn’t even find it,” his mother described the painful moments watching him go before a judge Thursday. The judge set another court date for John to return on May 11th and his mother said she plans to hire an attorney to fight for his innocence. The school district sent the following statement in regards to what happened:"It has been district procedure to invite students in to take the Florida Standards Assessment. The district would not invite someone to one of our campuses for the sole purpose to arrest.The district routinely assists students by providing services from ourboard certified behavioral analyst, licensed mental health counselors,school social workers, and psychologists. As a team, these individuals develop interventions, conduct assessments, and offer support both at school and in the home in order to assist students andfamilies.The district is unable to provide specific information as to both current and past incidents regarding this or any other student due to educational laws and rules. It is our hope that we can continue to work with all families to help their students improve both behaviorally and academically."