Security guard at high-risk youth program arrested after fight with teen boy, deputies say

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A security guard at a center for at-risk youth in Kissimmee was arrested after deputies said he was involved in a physical fight with a teen boy. 

A security guard was arrested after the Osceola County Sheriff's office said he got into a physical altercation with a teen boy. 

What we know:

Charles-Edouard Jeune, 32, is facing three felony charges after the Osceola County Sheriff's office said on Jan. 21, Jeune got into a physical fight with a 15-year-old boy at Kissimmee Youth Academy. The boy was housed at the facility, deputies said. 

The academy, located on New Beginnings Road, is a residential program that provides behavioral and mental health services to high-risk or max-risk boys or men, ages 14 to 21. Jeune is a security guard at the academy, the sheriff's office said. 

Jeune physically battered the boy, an arrest warrant said. The boy told investigators that he was collecting his food tray and threw it on the ground. When Jeune told the boy to pick up the tray and food that fell on the ground, the boy refused. After the boy told investigators that Jeune attempted to slap him on the face. Later, the boy said Jeune stopped his room and hit him several times. 

The investigator said the room appeared to have been cleaned after he was told that there was blood all over the floor, but the investigator did not observe any. 

The 15-year-old boy was transported to the hospital and received stitches for a head wound, deputies said. 

Detectives with the sheriff's office interviewed numerous witnesses and people involved. 

Jeune was arrested on Jan. 26 and is facing charges, including: child abuse, aggravated child abuse and battery on a prisoner with great bodily harm.

The Source: Information in this story was gathered from the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. 

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