Five Yorkville High School students face charges in fights at school

A Yorkville High School student is facing felony charges and four other students misdemeanor charges in connection with a pair of fights at the school that resulted in injuries to one student Wednesday, Feb. 23.

In a statement issued late Thursday, Feb. 24, Yorkville police said the student facing the felony charges used a box cutter to injure another student and was found in possession of a stun gun.

Police said the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office has charged the student with two felony counts of aggravated battery, one felony count of unlawful use of weapons, one felony count of mob action and one misdemeanor count of unauthorized possession of weapons.

The state’s attorney’s office has charged four other students with misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor mob action in connection with the two fights, police said.

Police said their School Resource Officer requested additional police assistance at the school at approximately 10:38 a.m. Wednesday due to two fights that were in progress.

“These incidents occurred during a passing period at the high school which resulted in a large crowd of people,” police said.

Police said officers and school staff members broke up the two fights.

Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District paramedics transported one student who suffered head and side injuries to an area hospital.

Police said the student’s injuries were caused by the student who used a box cutter as a weapon.

While investigating the incident, police said they recovered the box cutter and located a stun gun that belonged to the student suspect. The stun gun was not used in the incident, according to police.

Also in their statement, police said they and Yorkville School District 115 officials are aware that cell phone videos of the fights have been circulating and asked that they be provided to police.’

Police described the fights as “unfortunate and disturbing.”

They continued, “It is the priority of the Yorkville CUSD 115 staff and the Yorkville Police Department to ensure the safety of students and staff. The actions of these individuals charged negatively affected the learning environment and jeopardized the safety of others.”

Police said they will be working with school district officials to provide additional police presence at the school even though there is no threat to students or staff.