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Courtesy of ISP Sgt. Wheeles FB page
HANOVER, Ind. – A teacher with Southwestern High School in Hanover, Indiana, was arrested Thursday on charges of battery and neglect of a dependent following an investigation into an incident in December 2019.
The investigation by Indiana State Police (ISP) detectives began on December 17, when ISP was notified of an incident between an educator and a student at the school.
The inquiry determined that Catherine L. Davis, 39, of Madison, who is a special needs teacher at the school, apparently got in an altercation with a 14-year-old student on two separate occasions on December 16. During the first incident, Davis allegedly head-butted the student in the school cafeteria. In the second occurrence later in the day, Davis supposedly pulled the same student onto the floor of the cafeteria after some food was spilled.
When the investigation concluded, the case was reviewed by the Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office.
As a result, a warrant was issued for Catherine Davis for two felony counts of battery and two felony counts of neglect of a dependent. She was arrested Thursday without incident and was incarcerated at the Jefferson County Jail.