Crossville teacher arrested after threatening student with knife

CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) —  A Stone Memorial High School teacher was arrested after threatening a student with a knife.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, a student told their School Resource Officer (SRO) that James Green had threatened a student the previous day.

According to WVLT, the Director of Schools, William Stepp, and the school board suspended Green from work.

They also banned him from entering all school system property.

WVLT reported that the affidavit said, “The student was not following directs of the teacher and the teacher had become irate with him and retrieved the knife that he used to prepare his lunch from his desk area and made a threat toward the student.”

Green was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, and booked on a $40,000 bond.