East Bay teen arrested and accused of pulling assistant principal's hair

SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA. – A 16-year-old is facing felony assault charges after being accused of pulling an assistant principal's hair during a high school homecoming dance in San Ramon.

According to police, the attack occurred on Saturday evening. Officers were called during homecoming at California High School for a report of an assault.

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) said an assistant principal approached two students in the parking lot, after which one of the students attacked the school officer. The suspect then left the school grounds.

“Through investigations, our officers learned the AP [assistant principal] was attacked and dragged by her hair,” police said in a statement to KTVU.

Investigators said officers located the teen at his home and arrested him on charges of kidnapping and assault causing serious bodily injury.

The teen was booked into the Contra Costa County Juvenile Detention Center in Martinez.

Police and school officials said the teen is not a student at Cal High but attends another school in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.

In addition to California High, there are four other high schools in the district.

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School officials issued a strong message denouncing the alleged attack.

“We want to make it clear, without a doubt, that this behavior will not be tolerated at Cal High or any school in SRVUSD. “We care deeply about the safety and well-being of our students and all of our staff,” Superintendent CJ Cammack said in a statement.

Cammack said the district is cooperating fully with police on this matter. The superintendent also said SRVUSD is conducting its own investigation because it intends to “pursue all disciplinary consequences to the fullest extent permitted by law.”