DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A middle school parent was arrested after officials said she threatened teachers and staff.
Decatur police said at 9:58 a.m. On Friday, officers received reports of a woman causing a disturbance at Beacon Hill Middle School.
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Authorities did not say why she was at the school, to begin with.
When officers arrived, staff told officers 31-year-old Jakyra Arnold of Decatur was inside the school’s front office to meet with administrators. She is a parent of a child who attended the school.
Staff explained to police that she was unhappy with what administrators told her and began using vulgar language and verbal threats toward staff.
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When Arnold exited the building, she was met by officers, who began acting " disruptively.”
Officers then told Arnold that she was under arrest for disorderly conduct and disruption of a public school. She then began to struggle with officers.
During the struggle, officials said she hit a school employee and bit a police officer.
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Eventually, Arnold was handcuffed and taken to the DeKalb County Jail.
Arnold is charged with battery, obstruction of a police officer, disrupting public school, disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana within 1000 feet of a school and two outstanding warrants from other agencies.
Officials did not say what the warrants were for.
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