Kansas state lawmaker Mark Samsel was arrested and charged after he allegedly kneed a student in the groin while substitute teaching last Wednesday.
Mark Samsel was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery, but he was later released after posting a $1,000 bond. He was earlier booked into the Franklin County Adult Detention Center.
Students caught the action on video in a classroom at Wellsville s high school, People reported. Mark Samsel maintained that there was no altercation and that he had planned the whole thing.
Wellsville School District Superintendent Ryan Bradbury said the lawmaker would not be allowed to work for the district anymore.
Kansas lawmaker accused of assaulting high school student
WELLSVILLE, Kansas (KCTV) A Kansas state representative has been arrested for misdemeanor battery.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office named 36-year-old Mark Samsel as the arrestee and said deputies made the arrest Thursday following an investigation into an April 28th incident between a substitute teacher and a student.
A release on the matter also noted that Samsel is no longer in custody after posting bond on Thursday.
Samsel has represented Wellsville at the Kansas Statehouse since 2019.
The district’s superintendent would not name Samsel but said there was “an incident involving a substitute teacher” at the high school that was reported by a student to a staff member.
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