Lawyer: Tutor thought child had gun; injuries were accident
Source: Associated Press
Kasey Jones, Associated Press
Updated 8:00 pm, Thursday, December 1, 2016
BALTIMORE (AP) — A tutor in a Baltimore school who is charged with slamming a 7-year-old boy against a wall thought the child had a gun, his lawyer said.
The now-fired tutor, Timothy Korr, 25, of Baltimore, had a bail hearing Thursday. His lawyer, Kurt Nachtman, said by phone that Korr was thinking about the boy's safety when he picked him up to take him to the principal's office. The scratching and clawing boy was hurt, he said, when Korr lost his balance on some stairs.
Korr, who is charged with child abuse, assault, reckless endangerment and neglect of a minor, was ordered held on $250,000 bail.
Two students at City Springs Elementary/Middle School told Korr the boy was brandishing a gun, Nachtman said. Korr found the boy rolling around on the ground and patted the child down.
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