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NC student charged with assaulting school employees
Authorities say a teenager who carried a knife in his backpack now faces more serious crimes, including assault on school employees.
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HOLLY RIDGE, N.C. — Authorities say a teenager who carried a knife in his backpack now faces more serious crimes, including assault on school employees.
A North Carolina sheriff's office says Dixon High School officials suspected Durvell Walker was carrying a weapon, and when they tried to search his backpack, he swung a weight rack at his principal and five other employees.
Onslow County Maj. Chris Thomas says a school resource officer then used pepper spray on him.
He says the 18-year-old from Maple Hill was jailed on $9,000 bond Thursday. It wasn't known if he had an attorney.
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