Incident happened February 4 at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy

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He was also suspended for three days.  

The incident happened at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland on February 4. The sixth grader was arrested and taken to a juvenile detention center, charged with disrupting a school function and resisting arrest without violence. 

The student's mother, Dhakira Talbot, said her son is in gifted classes and has been bullied at the school in the past.