ORLANDO, Fla. -- An 8-year-old in central Florida has been arrested for his troubled behavior at school for the fifth time since November.
The boy is in a unit for students with significant emotional or behavioral problems at Riverside Elementary in Orlando.
His latest arrest came Tuesday and included an aggravated assault charge. Authorities say the boy hit, kicked and bit teachers, threw a metal pipe, broke a window, tore out computer wiring and ran away. He was handcuffed and taken to juvenile detention for three days.
The superintendent who oversees schools in north Orange County says police are the last resort for school officials.
Through the public defender's office, the boy's mother told the Orlando Sentinel that she doesn't want her son to return to Riverside Elementary.