Gastonia, N.C. - April 26, 2023: Officers from the Gastonia Police Department (GPD) arrested and charged a 13-year-old female yesterday evening after she used a knife to cut one Gastonia Fire Department (GFD) firefighter and then attempted to assault another firefighter. The juvenile also assaulted responding police officers. The firefighter who was cut was treated for minor injuries.
On April 25 at 9 p.m., GPD officers responded to the 3200 block of Pikes Peak Drive after GFD personnel reported that one of their firefighters was just assaulted by a juvenile armed with a knife.
When officers arrived, they saw firefighters restraining the combative juvenile. The juvenile then assaulted the officers who were trying to get her into custody.
GPD officers contacted personnel from the Department of Juvenile Justice. The juvenile was charged with aggravated assault and assault charges and ordered to be held in a secure juvenile detention facility in Concord.
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