Idaho parents say man entered class, choked boy

BOISE, Idaho Authorities in northern Idaho have issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of entering a classroom and putting one young student into a chokehold.

The warrant signed Thursday by a Lewis County Magistrate Judge names 36-year-old Byron Scott Edwards of Reubens.

Authorities want to question Edwards about his role in an incident at Highland School in the small town of Craigmont Monday.

The guardian of a fifth-grader criticized school officials this week after she says Edwards entered a classroom, harassed children and put her grandson in a chokehold.

Jerry Peery said other parents called police after hearing what happened.

Meanwhile, Edwards is being held in the jail in neighboring Nez Perce County on a $30,000 bond. He was arrested Tuesday on a felony warrant issued out of Oregon.

[superdem1]

I agree there must be more to this story - it seems too random. How did they know this guy's name ? How did authorities link him to this incident ? Did he pick this kid out of the blue to choke or did he know him from somewhere ? Did he just wander into this school ? So weird.

[nohater]

the teacher and other teachers did nothing? every classroom should have a panic button, like burglar alarm, when there is trouble that requires immediate help and/or police. no 5th grader deserves a choke hold unless the 5th grader is the size of a full grown adult and has endangered someone else.

[Jonseen]

What a strange story. The teacher and school officials did not call police? There must be more to the story, this doesn't make much sense.

[askagain]

Agreed. This article is typical of many articles on the internet which lack details. One can't help but wonder if the child did something tp trigger this man's behavior. For example, did this child make fun of the man or call him names before the incident. When I was a child, I threw a snowball at a car and thought the driver was going to kill me when he caught me.

[eroteme2]

We must pass legislation to ban chokeholds in our public schools. This might be as successful as the posting signs prohibiting guns at bank entrances with expectation this will eliminate bank robbers from using guns when they rob the bank.