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Behavioral health employee accused of assaulting teen who spit in his face, police say
Behavioral health employee accused of assaulting teen who spit in his face, police say.
(this originally appeared on northpennnow.com, Monday, 1/6/2025)
A staff member at Foundations Behavioral Health in New Britain Borough has been charged with felony counts of strangulation and aggravated assault after allegedly attacking a teenager who spit in his face.
Rashawn James Harris, 38, of Philadelphia, has also been charged with misdemeanor assault and summary harassment, police said.
Harris turned himself in to the authorities on Friday.
Police began an investigation into the alleged assault after receiving a Childline complaint on Sept. 3. Authorities allege Harris grabbed a 14-year-old juvenile patient by the neck and threw him to the floor, following an altercation where the juvenile spit in Harris’s face at the 833 E. Butler Ave. facility.
Harris is free on $50,000 unsecured bail and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 14 at 1:15 p.m. before Magisterial District Judge Regina Armitage.
