Brigadier attacks parent with stop sign during fight, prosecutor says

A Taunton, Massachusetts, crossing guard was arrested twice in one day by police, accused of repeatedly hitting a woman and her child with a stop sign stick Monday morning. He was arrested by Taunton police a second time late Monday evening following an altercation with news photographers outside the courthouse where he was arraigned, Taunton police said . Louis Chaves, 68, of Taunton, was fired Monday after being accused of repeatedly hitting a woman and her child with a stop stick during an altercation outside the high school. Prosecutors say the incident involved a parent in a vehicle. on Williams Street, outside Taunton High School. The woman said she stopped at the intersection when she sneezed and was trying to find a tissue. The crossing guard, later identified as Chaves, began yelling at him to keep driving. the car, insulting her and telling her she had to get out of there,” the prosecutor said. “The defendant was swinging the stick from the stop sign into the vehicle and he hit the girl in the arm.” Police claims Chaves hit her child in the arm with the stick When the woman got out of the car to confront him, police say he threw her to the ground “When the parent got out of the vehicle and confronted him. the defendant about the assault, that’s when the defendant began to attack him with a stop sign. stick, finally throwing her to the ground,” the prosecutor said. “(She) stated that while she was on the ground, she was dragged and hit several times by the defendant. She had multiple abrasions and lacerations on her arm.” stop sign stick, and one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, shoeed foot. He was released after arraignment and will return to court on August 8 As Chaves was leaving court, he lunged at the cameras while a woman was pleading with him and tried to restrain him. kicking a photographer, punching another photographer and throwing a stick Late Monday night, Taunton police arrested Chaves for the second time, charging him with assault and battery. a dangerous weapon and assault with a dangerous weapon Taunton Public Schools is aware of a physical altercation this morning (June 3) involving a school crossing guard,” Taunton Public Schools said in a statement. Following the incident, “the crossing guard has been terminated, effective immediately, and is no longer an employee of Taunton Public Schools. » The woman was taken to Morton Hospital with cuts and abrasions.

TAUNTON, Mass. —

A Taunton, Massachusetts, school crossing guard was arrested twice in one day by police, accused of repeatedly hitting a woman and her child with a stop sign stick Monday morning.

He was taken into custody by Taunton police a second time late Monday evening following an altercation with news photographers outside the courthouse where he was arraigned, the police said. Taunton Police.

Louis Chaves, 68, of Taunton, was fired Monday after being accused of repeatedly hitting a woman and her child with a stop stick during an altercation outside the high school.

Prosecutors say the incident involved a parent in a vehicle on Williams Street outside Taunton High School. The woman said she stopped at the intersection when she sneezed and was trying to find a tissue. The crossing guard, later identified as Chaves, began yelling at him to keep driving.

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Louis Chaves appears in court Monday afternoon

“He was yelling at her while her child was in the vehicle. The crossing guard then placed the stop signal stick through the passenger window and began swinging it around the car, insulting him and telling him that ‘She had to get out of there,’ the prosecutor said. “The defendant was swinging the stop sign stick into the vehicle and it hit the girl in the arm.”

Police say Chaves hit her child in the arm with the stick. When the woman got out of the car to confront him, police say he threw her to the ground.

“When the parent exited the vehicle and confronted the defendant about the assault, that’s when the defendant began attacking her with a stop sign stick, throwing her finally on the ground,” the prosecutor said. “(She) stated that while she was on the ground, she was dragged and punched several times by the defendant. She had multiple abrasions and lacerations to her arm.”

Chaves was charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, the stop sign stick, and one count of battery with a dangerous weapon, a shoed foot.

He was released after arraignment and will return to court on August 8.

As Chaves left the court, he lunged at the cameras as a woman pleaded with him and tried to hold him back. He is then seen on camera kicking a photographer, punching another photographer and throwing a stick.

Late Monday evening, Taunton police arrested Chaves a second time, charging him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a dangerous weapon.

Chaves altercation with photographers outside the field

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Chaves gets into an altercation with photographers outside the court.

“Taunton Public Schools is aware of a physical altercation this morning (June 3) involving a crossing guard,” Taunton Public Schools said in a statement. As a result of the incident, “the crossing guard has been terminated, effective immediately, and is no longer an employee of Taunton Public Schools.”

The woman was taken to Morton Hospital with cuts and abrasions.