Mother to serve 48 hours for fight at school

The mother who fought with a school resource officer last month in the halls of Warren County High School was ordered to serve 48 hours behind bars for the altercation.

The mother, Sadie Tanner, 50, entered a guilty plea to the charge of assault on an officer and was ordered by General Sessions Judge Larry Ross to serve 48 hours behind bars and spend the rest of her 11-month, 29-day sentence on probation.

In addition to her jail time, Tanner was warned not to go back on campus without the expressed permission of school administrators. Returning to campus without permission could result in her serving a year in jail. The remainder of her charges, including resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, were dismissed in light of her plea.

The incident happened last month when the mother arrived at school and began a heated conversation with assistant principal Jeff Martin. During the conversation, school resource officer Jarvis Johnson entered the room and urged the parent to go properly sign-in as a school visitor while hoping to defuse the situation.

It was as she being taken to sign in that Sheriff Jackie Matheny said she began cursing which escalated into the officer attempting to take her into custody. Matheny said the woman resisted and had to be physically subdued by officer Johnson, who was in turn jumped by the teen-age daughter, who, in turn, was also handcuffed and charged.

The argument was reportedly sparked because the daughter was required to remove her rings from the various piercings she had on her body due to a school policy which restricts what areas of the body can be adorned with jewelry.

The daughter had her punishment issued in juvenile court for her part in the scuffle.