Cache County teacher arrested for alleged assault on students
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and last updated 2021-04-15 19:43:18-04
PROVIDENCE, Utah â A Cache County middle school teacher was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting several students.
Scott D. Meeker, 51, a teacher at Spring Creek Middle School in Providence, was charged with one count of Felony Second Degree Child Abuse, Third Degree Felony Aggravated Assault and three counts of Class B Misdemeanor Assault.
Meeker was originally placed on administrative leave Wednesday after a school resource officer notified the school district of an alleged assault on a student.
The Cache County Sheriff s Office began its investigation Thursday after a hospital called authorities to report a student was being treated for injuries sustained in a possible assault. Officials believe the student was one of several victims of assault.
Cache County teacher arrested for allegedly assaulting student
The student apparently had to go to the hospital.
| April 15, 2021, 9:31 p.m.
The Cache County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a middle school teacher for an assault that allegedly sent a child to the hospital.
On Thursday, a local hospital reported to the police that a student at Spring Creek Middle School in Providence was being treated for an injury stemming from an alleged assault. That child was one of several students injured in the same incident, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
A teacher was arrested and booked into jail Friday, and the school has placed the teacher on administrative leave as police conduct an investigation.