Police in Baltimore County have charged an 18-year-old student in the assault of a teacher in school on Tuesday morning.

Additional police were called to Loch Raven High School at around 8:38 a.m. when teachers and the school resource officer struggled to restrain the student, identified as Geronimo Pacer Harding Jr. of the 8600 block of Willow Oak Road (21234), after he began punching a teacher in the face.

Harding was speaking with the teacher, who was seated at his desk in his classroom, and became agitated.

He then suddenly began punching the teacher in the face, knocking him onto the ground, where he continued to strike the teacher in the face and torso.

The teacher initially declined medical treatment but was later treated at an area hospital for “serious facial wounds.”

Harding was taken into custody and initially transported to an area hospital, then later charged with the assault.

He faces both first- and second-degree assault and other school-related charges.

He is being held on denied bail status at the Baltimore County Detention Center pending a bail review hearing.