Overview
- Mesa police say officers were called to American Leadership Academy near Power and Pecos roads on Thursday for a report of a teacher assaulting a student.
- Investigators report a 14-year-old student approached Hansen during class and tried to take a phone from his hand.
- Detectives say surveillance footage shows the teacher shove the student, drag him by the back of his hoodie off the court, and slide him against the bleachers.
- Police say the student sustained minor injuries.
- Officers interviewed Hansen at his residence and arrested him on suspicion of aggravated assault by an adult on a minor under 15, and the school placed him on administrative leave.