SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Trial has been set for April 21 in Spokane for a substitute teacher accused of roughing up four sixth-grade students and locking them in a classroom at Trent elementary school in the East Valley School District.
Matthew C. Deryan pleaded not guilty last week to assault and unlawful imprisonment charges.
The Spokesman-Review reports (https://bit.ly/1kh526T ) students also said Deryan smelled of alcohol, swore at them and called them names in the Jan. 17 incident.
The 46-year-old denied assaulting students. He was fired and banned from school grounds.
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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, https://www.spokesman.com
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