Two sisters who attend Grovetown High School face a felony charge after a school resource officer was injured Thursday while breaking up a lunchtime fight, authorities said.
Laniyah Benson, 19, and her sister, Sara Amari Benson, 16, were both charged with felony obstruction of law enforcement as well as misdemeanor simple battery.
The arrests come after three students were involved in an altercation during lunch with other students present, according to Principal Andrew Young.
“While the altercation was being de-escalated, the School Resource Officer was struck in the face and sustained a minor injury,” the principal said in a letter to parents.
The Benson sisters were criminally charged, with the younger one being treated as a juvenile. The older one was booked into the Columbia County Detention Center and held under a $6,200 bond on the two charges.
“Inappropriate physical contact of any nature is unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” Young said told parents. “Please speak with your students about the seriousness of fighting and the consequences that will follow.”