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10 Students Arrested After Altercation at Ansonia High School

Nine girls and a boy were arrested after an altercation at Ansonia High School Wednesday and have been suspended, according to the school district.

The nine girls got into a fight outside the cafeteria around 7 a.m. and the security resource officer at the high school and several teachers immediately stepped in to break it up, according to school officials and police.

Police were called to respond and the students were arrested and taken into police custody, according to school officials.

Police arrested three 14-year-olds, two 15-year-olds, one 16-year-old, a 17-year-old, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old. They were all charged with assault in the third degree and breach of peace in the second degree. Their injuries are minor and include scratches, police said.

The fight stemmed from an ongoing problem between two groups of girls, according to police, and they said officers investigated three other incidents and some of the girls who were arrested Wednesday were involved in the previous altercation.

A 15-year-old boy who was accused of yelling and swearing at a teacher who told him to stop videotaping the fight and leave the area was also arrested.

"This type of behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” Superintendent of Ansonia Public School, Carol Merlone, said in a statement. “We thank our SRO, our staff and Ansonia Police for their quick action in containing this situation.“

All of the students involved have been suspended amid an investigation and school officials said other disciplinary action will be considered, according to the school department.

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