Nathan Hansen has been charged with aggravated assault after authorities said the 52-year-old teacher was involved in an altercation with a 14-year-old student last week at the American Leadership Academy, Mesa police said Saturday.
Officers responded to a report that a teacher had assaulted a student just after 3 p.m. Nov. 6 at the school in the 7000 block of Pecos Road.
The incident occurred after the student approached Hansen and attempted to take a phone from his hand, police stated in a release. The teacher then allegedly pushed the student to the ground and then dragged him by the back of his hoodie…