COVINGTON — Arraignment is scheduled in December for an 18-year-old Louisiana high school student accused of punching a teacher who uses a wheelchair.
Police said earlier this month that the motive apparently was a social media challenge.
District Attorney Warren Montgomery says Larrianna Jameese Jackson of Covington could get up to 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of second- degree battery and cruelty to the infirmed.
Montgomery said Tuesday that Jackson was charged on Oct. 15.
Covington police arrested her on Oct. 6 on a felony charge of battery of a school teacher.
They told news outlets that the 64-year-old teacher needed hospital treatment after an attack that investigators believe was in response to a TikTok challenge.
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