Deputy Injured, Student Arrested After Fight At Oneida Herkimer Madison BOCES
A teenaged student from Holland Patent is facing a felony assault charge after getting into a fight at Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES on Middle Settlement Road in New Hartford.
According to the Oneida County Sheriff's Office, two deputies were trying to handcuff an 18-year-old who had already been involved in an altercation with another student. During the struggle, one of the deputies sustained a leg injury.
Valentino Quinones was placed under arrest on a charge of Assault in the second degree, which is class-D felony.
The deputy was transported to an area hospital to receive treatment for his injury.
The teen was being held on $1,000 cash bail, according to the sheriff's office.
[AUTHOR'S NOTE: All persons mentioned above suspected of wrongdoing or charged in any cases are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.]