CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A Chesterfield County Schools teaching assistant was charged with assault after an incident at Meadowbrook High School.
"Police received a report [on Monday] that Travonna Kenyear, 57, had assaulted a juvenile male student at the school on March 21," a Chesterfield Police spokesperson wrote in an email. "After further investigation and consultation with the Chesterfield County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, police obtained a warrant for assault in relation to the incident for Kenyear on March 25."
Police have not yet released details about the nature of the assault.
Kenyear, of Richmond, was served with the releasable warrant on March 26.
"The employee will not return to the school division pending adjudication of the charges," Chesterfield Schools spokesperson Shawn Smith told CBS 6.
EDITOR'S NOTE: After the initial publication of this story, Chesterfield Police updated the date of the alleged offense to March 21.
This is a developing story. Anyone with more information can email the CBS 6 Newsroom.
