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Man arrested for assaulting students at Mesa school

Jan 16, 2013, 7:42 PM | Updated: 8:30 pm

A 25-year-old man walked on to a Mesa high school campus Wednesday and assaulted four ROTC students.

According to the Mesa Police Department, Ceaser Ruben Meraz, a former student of Mesa High School, attacked the students around 6:40 a.m.

The school resource officer was informed about the incident as he arrived to start his work hours and immediately located and detained Meraz, who admitted to assaulting the students.

Meraz was cited for the altercation. He was released, but was later taken back into custody and charged.

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