KERMIT, Texas — Arrest records obtained by NewsWest 9 state that Kermit Junior High Assistant Principal David Gonzales Leija has been charged with injury to a child reckless bodily injury.
The arrest record states that Leija used excessive force on a child 14 years of age or younger by striking him in the "buttocks with a wooden paddle".
A case was made aware to WCSO on Nov. 27 and then an arrest was executed on Dec. 1.
You may remember that Kermit ISD released a statement on Dec. 1 about a campus administrator being put on leave, stemming from a "previous student disciplinary matter".
The Winkler County Sheriff's Office told NewsWest 9 that they "believe" Leija is the same campus administrator they are talking about in the statement.
Leija is currently on a $10,000 bond.
NewsWest 9 has reached out to the school for comment but we have not gotten a response back.