A teacher at a Greeley elementary school was arrested last week on charges alleging he strangled a 6-year-old student, police said.
Joshua David Wainscott, 40, was arrested Thursday and booked into the Weld County jail on suspicion of second-degree assault for strangulation and child abuse, according to a news release from the Greeley Police Department.
Wainscott has not been formally charged, according to court records. A filing of charges hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.
On Aug. 30, school resource officers with the Greeley Police Department responded to reports of an assault against a 6-year-old student by a teacher at Maplewood Elementary, at 1201 21st Ave., police said.
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Greeley-Evans School District officials placed Wainscott on administrative leave during the investigation and, after nearly two weeks, the man was arrested, police said.
Anyone with additional information on Wainscott or the incident is asked to contact investigators at 970-350-9605.
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