Crime & Safety
Rodgers Middle School Student, 15, Charged With Battery
The school was placed on lockdown while sheriff's deputies searched for the teen.
A 15-year-old Rodgers Middle School student was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly eluded school officials who tried to detain him.
Deputies found Marquis Williams hiding in a tree in a wooded area near the school at 11910 Tucker Rd., Riverview, just after 12:30 p.m.
He is charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, battery on school officials, disruption of a school function and violation of probation.
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According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, earlier in the day, the school's resource deputy arrested Williams for fighting with another student on a school bus.
Williams, who was not handcuffed, asked to use the bathroom when he was taken to the school office, according to the sheriff's office. As he was being led to the bathroom, he pushed the two school officials escorting him, then pushed the school resource officer and fled from the school.
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The sheriff's office placed the school on lockdown for about an hour while they searched for the teen.
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