HOPEWELL, Va. — A year and a half after former Hopewell police officer and former candidate for sheriff Kevin Johnson allegedly assaulted an 8-year-old child in school, Johnson went before a judge.
“It’s over,” Johnson told CBS 6 Thursday when asked about the outcome of the hearing.
WTVR At the center of the case is an incident that happened Aug. 11, 2022, at Hopewell’s Harry James Elementary School where Johnson was a teaching assistant.
According to police reports and surveillance footage obtained by CBS 6, Johnson appeared to strike a child’s head, chase after him with a cane, and grab his neck and jerk him which appeared to cause the boy’s head to hit a wall.
WTVR Johnson then walked the child down the hall with his hands around the boy’s neck.
According to internal school reports, the child reported neck pain and was seen by a nurse. There were no visible marks.
WTVR The school’s principal completed an incident report and found that Johnson’s physical restraint of the student was not permitted or justified by the child’s behavior.