Kearns High student charged with assaulting special needs student

  • A Kearns High student, 18, faces charges of kidnapping and assault.
  • The incident involved a special needs student and occurred on April 1.
  • Two other teens, ages 15 and 16, may also face charges in juvenile court.

KEARNS — A Kearns High School student is facing criminal charges accusing him of assaulting a student with special needs at the school and throwing him outside the building.

Ivan Rigby, 18, of Kearns, was charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court with kidnapping, a second-degree felony; and assault, a class B misdemeanor.

On April 1, Unified police were called to Kearns High School, 5525 S. Cougar Lane, on a report of an assault. Officers learned that Rigby and a 16-year-old student “had targeted a special needs student … during the lunch hour,” according to charging documents. The alleged victim is also 16. Prosecutors said a 15-year-old student may have also been in involved…

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