Overview
- Local outlets reported the borough solicitor said Chief Scott McElree was placed on workers’ compensation leave from both his police chief and borough manager posts, as the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office continues an independent investigation and seeks additional video.
- Five teenagers face charges including felony aggravated assault; four were released by Thursday afternoon and a fifth was expected to be released that night, with some placed on home confinement with ankle monitors, according to defense attorneys.
- The probable-cause affidavit describes students entering traffic, damaging vehicles, and striking McElree, who left the scene bloodied, but it does not reference a chokehold seen in multiple bystander videos.
- Defense lawyers say the students acted in self-defense, believed the plainclothed man restraining a classmate was a counterprotester, and deny their clients assaulted the chief.
- Community pressure intensified with a packed school board meeting criticizing the district’s safety planning and rallies calling for the charges to be dropped and for McElree to resign.