MD Teacher Arrested, Charged With Assault In VA Park: Report

Bowie MD

24 May, 2021

1:33 PM

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Police on May 7 arrested a Prince George's County Public Schools teacher on charges of assaulting someone in a Virginia park, WTOP reported. Journalist Glynis Kazanjian identified that the accused instructor as 47-year-old Michael Pruden of Fort Washington. Police alleged that Pruden committed the assault at Daingerfield Island near Alexandria, Virginia, WTOP noted. Officers accused Pruden of hitting a male with a stick and pepper-spraying him, Kazanjian added. WTOP explained that PGCPS put Pruden on administrative leave on May 11. Kazanjian wrote that the teacher has been with PGCPS since 2014 and taught at: Allenwood Elementary School in Camp SpringsApple Grove Elementary School in Fort WashingtonSamuel Chase Elementary School in Temple HillsValley View Elementary School in Oxon Hill To learn more about Pruden's case, check out WTOP's full story. Subscribe to your local Patch newsletter. Download our mobile application from the App Store or Google Play. Have a story idea? Please contact me at [email protected] with any pitches, tips or questions. Follow me on Twitter @JacobBaumgart and on Facebook @JacobBaumgartJournalist to stay up-to-date with the latest Anne Arundel County and Prince George's County news.