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New Jersey Teen Attacks Teacher Over Cellphone: Authorities

Aggravated assault charges have been filed against a northern New Jersey high school student who allegedly attacked his 62-year-old teacher in a dispute over a cellphone.

The incident occurred Tuesday at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, when the teacher allegedly confiscated a phone from a student.

The phone's owner, another youth identified only as a 16-year-old boy, soon tried to get the phone back.

Authorities say the boy allegedly wrapped his arms around the teacher and knocked him into an empty desk, then threw him to the ground in front of other students.

District officials investigated the incident and filed a complaint with police. The teen was arrested at his home on Friday and has been suspended from school.

Details on the teacher's condition have not been disclosed.

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