COLLEGE PLACE – Police say a middle school principal attacked Thursday in southeastern Washington has been released from the hospital.
College Place police said Friday that two high school students who are siblings entered John Sager Middle School Thursday and forced their way into a locked office using a wooden club and long metal spear. Police said they were confronted by Principal Dale Stopperan who was then assaulted.
Police said other staff members came to his aid using a baseball bat, and the teens retreated. One, 16, is in a juvenile detention center. An 18-year-old sibling is in jail awaiting charges.
