Victoria E. Freile – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 3/3/21 on page A2
A Walworth man has been accused of attacking a Wayne County sheriff’s deputy working as a school resource officer at a Wayne County middle school Monday morning, Thomas Franco, 19, was charged with two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, all felonies, in connection with the altercation at Wayne Middle School in Wayne Central School District on Monday morning, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday night. Franco is a custodian at the school and had not worked there long before Monday’s incident, said Chief Deputy Steve Sklenar.
Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts said that the deputy responded to assist a staff member “who was already engaged in a physical confrontation with the employee who was armed with a knife.” Deputies later said that Franco is also accused of brandishing the weapon at school officials.