Mom Assaults Teacher
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A non-custodial mother accused of beating a
teacher and taking her seven-year-old son from school is scheduled
to be in court tomorrow.
Melissa Rasbury of Springhill, Louisiana, is charged with
criminal trespass and second-degree battery. Investigators say the
25-year-old went to her son`s classroom at McNeil Elementary School
in Magnolia on Friday and tried to take the boy with her.
However, her son`s teacher, Jennifer Carter, told Rasbury that
the custodial father had told the school the boy was NOT to leave
with Rasbury. Police say Rasbury then hit the teacher several
times, shoving her into the door and knocking her down before
fleeing with the child.
Columbia County Sheriff Calvin Knighton says battery of a
teacher is a felony but he is not pursuing a kidnapping charge
because the Louisiana court system is handling the custody matter.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
