VALPARAISO, Ind. — A 12-year-old boy Friday was facing possible probation after he was handcuffed by a police officer at an Indiana middle school after refusing to clean up spilled milk.
The boy began yelling at a staff member who asked him to clean up the milky mess he created Tuesday at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Valparaiso, Ind., about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southeast of Chicago, the Northwest Indiana Times reported.
The officer intervened and asked the sixth-grader to calm down, but the child began yelling at him. Police said after several warnings the officer decided to march the student to the principal’s office.
The boy resisted and broke free, running down the school’s hallways, before the officer caught up with him and the pair wrestled on the ground near the school’s gymnasium.
The officer won the wrestling match by handcuffing the child, who was then taken to the school’s office, the Times reported.
The student was released into his father’s custody and the matter was referred to a juvenile probation office for review.