Police: McClatchy High Teacher Arrested After Wrestling Student
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - A teacher at McClatchy High School is suspected of showing up to work drunk and wrestling a student.
The Sacramento Police Department says they were called to the school just a little after 8 a.m. Officers arrested 58-year-old David Fritz, the teacher, and noted signs of alcohol impairment.
8:15 this a.m. McClatchy H.S. teacher arrested for misd asslt on a student. Teacher showed signs of alcohol impairment.
— Sacramento Police Department (@SacPolice) October 30, 2015
According to a statement from the Sacramento City Unified School District, students recorded cellphone video of the incident and showed it to authorities.
Video shows the teacher hitting and slapping the student repeatedly at his desk. Second later, Fritz wrestles the boy onto his stomach, before wrapping his arms around his back.
"This incident is alarming and any type of behavior like this, regardless of the intent, is unacceptable. The district will investigate this matter fully and will continue to take every possible measure within our authority to ensure the safety and well-being of our students," the district wrote in a statement.
Police say Fritz was booked into jail on the misdemeanor charge of willful cruelty toward a child.