FILE - Shown is a Philadelphia police car with flashing lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The Philadelphia Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police has filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 seeking to stop a city law banning officers from pulling over drivers for low-level offenses from going into effect saying the law illegally pre-empts existing state laws on traffic violations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO)– A Bates Middle School custodian has been charged with assault after a student reported an assault to school officials, said officials.

Police said, the incident happened earlier Thursday, October 16, as the student was drinking from a hallway water fountain at Bates Middle School.

He then brought the incident to the attention of school officials w

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