Prosecutors want to try a Colerain High School student accused of attacking his teacher as an adult, according to court documents.
A hearing for the 15-year-old was held Wednesday in Hamilton County Juvenile Court. He is charged with both felony- and misdemeanor-level assault. Colerain police said he harmed both his teacher and another student.
The 60-year-old teacher suffered a severe brain injury as a result of being punched in the head, police reported.
Lawyer Clyde Bennett, who is representing the teen, said his client had unknowingly consumed drugs just before the attack and that the drugs prompted a change in his behavior.
Bennett said the drugs were consumed in the form of a vape that the teen was offered by someone else.
The teen has no prior criminal record and no prior contact with the juvenile justice system, Bennett said, and his client is being prosecuted overzealously for political reasons.
“He did not have a criminal mind,” Bennett said. “This young man is not like the other young men causing problems in our community.”