CPS Assistant Principal Accused Of Attacking Female Student
UPDATED 01/21/11 10:40 a.m.
CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) - The assistant principal of a Steinmetz High school on the city's Northwest Side turned himself into police on Thursday, about a week after he allegedly dragged, pushed and restrained a 16-year-old female student in a school hallway, police said.
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Jaime Jaramillo, 30, of the 2600 block of North Austin Avenue, is charged with one misdemeanor count of battery after the Jan. 12 attack in a hallway of the school at 3030 N. Mobile Ave., police said.
Jaramillo, who is 5 feet 5 inches tall and 260 pounds, was visibly upset when he turned himself in at the Grand Central District police station at 5555 W. Grand Ave., police said.
The incident began about 2 p.m. on Jan. 12 when the 16-year-old female student was walking through the hallway and she and the vice principal began to argue, according to a police report.
Jaramillo then dragged the girl by her sweatshirt down the hallway and threw her into a doorway. He allegedly placed his forearm against her neck, causing minor bruising, according to the report, which said a witness begged him to let her go, but he refused.
The student told her parents about the incident the next day, police said. It was unclear whether she was hospitalized.
The student told her parents about the incident the next day, police said. It was unclear what type of injuries she suffered or whether she was hospitalized.
The arrest report indicates Jaramillo was an employee of the school. Steinmetz's website lists Jaramillo as an assistant principal at the school.
Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman Monique Bond said the matter remained under investigation.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
