3 Charged After Worcester Principal Assaulted During Fight

WORCESTER, MA — Three teenagers are facing charges in a fight at a Worcester school, during which the principal was assaulted, police said.

A school resource officer at Burncoat High School responded to a report of a fight in front of Burncoat Junior High around 2 p.m. The officer was told a person armed with a knife and dressed in all black had fled toward the high school, police said.

Another officer arrived at the scene, and the pair caught up with a fleeing 15-year-old boy in the backyard of a Burncoat Street home, police said. The teen was not a Burncoat student and had a large kitchen knife, police said.

Investigators said the boy had struck a Burncoat principal several times during the fight. Officers confiscated his knife and arrested him on charges of assault and battery on a public school employee, possession of a dangerous weapon on campus (kitchen knife) and trespassing.

School administrators pointed out two other teens involved in the fight, who were also not Burncoat students, police said.

A 16-year-old boy, who had a knife in his waistband, was arrested and charged with possession of a dangerous weapon on campus (knife) and trespassing. An 18-year-old man was charged with trespassing and placed under arrest.