Overview
- Prosecutors withdrew an aggravated assault felony for the 15-year-old girl, who still faces simple assault and disorderly conduct and is slated for trial next month unless those counts are dropped.
- Video recorded by bystanders shows Police Chief Scott McElree, in plain clothes, wrap his arm around the teen’s neck and take her to the ground in an apparent chokehold, which he says followed his identifying himself as an officer, a claim her lawyer disputes.
- An affidavit says McElree tried to take a student into custody and was struck in the ear, shoulder, and ribs, and it does not mention a chokehold.
- The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the police response to the February protest and has not set a timeline for findings.
- Five teens were initially charged with aggravated assault; one previously entered a consent deal that dismissed felonies and set six months of supervised probation with expungement of lesser charges, while others remain in court.