BOY'S MOM ARRESTS TEACHER ON CAMPUS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - A Yucca School parent placed her son's sixth-grade teacher under citizen's arrest cit·i·zen's arrest n. An arrest made by a citizen, for whom legal authority arises from the fact of citizenship, rather than by an officer of the law. Thursday for allegedly grabbing the woman's son by his collar. The teacher chased her 11-year-old son out of the classroom because she thought he had snatched a paper from another pupil, grabbed his collar and twisted him around ``with force,'' mother Carmilla Ligons said. ``I'm an ex-convict. If I did what she did, I would go to jail,'' said Ligons, who said she spent 32 months in state prison for burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. . ``If I hit my son in front of her, I would go to jail.'' Yucca Principal Carlow Mendoza said he could not comment on the citizen's arrest or on Ligons' allegations. The teacher was not identified by district officials. ``I can tell you she filed a complaint. We are investigating it, looking into it, and taking it seriously,'' Mendoza said. Ligons said her son told her what he said happened Wednesday when he got home from school. She went Thursday morning to the school to complain, then from there twice called sheriff's deputies. When a deputy arrived, Ligons told him she wanted to make a citizen's arrest for battery. He gave her the form to sign, after warning her she could be sued if the District Attorney's Office didn't file charges, Ligons said. The deputy delivered to the teacher a citation Citation (foaled 1945) U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse. In four seasons he won 32 of 45 races, finished second in ten, and third in two. He won the 1948 Triple Crown, and became the first horse to win $1 million. He set a world record in 1950 by running a mile in 1:33 3/5. to appear in court May 24, she said. California law California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes. See also
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a representative of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . Ligons said her son was temporarily put out of his classroom. When she got to the school Thursday, she said, her son was sitting in the office. Ligons said she was told the teacher sent the boy there because the teacher had heard she intended to file a complaint. After she complained, Ligons said, the principal walked her son back to the classroom. |
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