WATERBORO, Maine - The York County Sheriff's office is investigating an attack in the school yard of Massabesic High School in Waterboro last week in which one female student brutally beat another.
Thomas Baran is chief deputy with the Sheriff's Office. "There's a school resource officer assigned to Massabesic High School," he says. "He is working on this case and has been working on the case, and will be furthering the investigation as we go from here."
It's not yet clear whether the department will file charges in the case.
A bystander videotaped the attack, which was spread on social media. The beating took place while students were changing classes. The 16-year-old victim's mother said she was heavily bruised on her head and arms, with scratches on her face.
School officials and police aren't sharing details of the incident.
