Security guard accused of punching Brainerd High student arrested

    Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office / Josephus Reed
  

A security guard who was accused of punching a Brainerd High School student for refusing to take off his hoodie was arrested Monday, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said.

Josephus Reed faces charges of aggravated assault and impersonating a licensed professional, a release from the Sheriff’s Office said Monday. A grand jury decided to bring the charges against him earlier this month, according to the release.

Reed turned himself in at the county jail Monday, the release said.

(READ MORE: Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, school district confirm investigation into alleged assault on Brainerd student)

The student alleged the security guard punched him in the face while he was entering the school’s campus in January, handcuffed him and placed him in the back of a Sheriff’s Office patrol car for three hours, according to WTVC News Channel 9. The student’s mother told the TV station her son was diagnosed with a concussion.