School crossing guard from Taunton allegedly attacked woman with stop sign near a school

TAUNTON – A school crossing guard is accused of attacking a mother and her child with a stop sign near Taunton High School Monday morning.

According to prosecutors, a woman was driving through the intersection where 68-year-old Louis Chaves was working around 7:30 a.m. and had to stop to sneeze and blow her nose.

The woman told police that Chaves began screaming, thrusting the stop stick through the passenger window and waving it around. The woman said a child in the back seat was hit by the stick. The mother then got out of the car.

“When the mother exited the vehicle and confronted the defendant about the attack, the defendant began attacking her with a stop sign stick and eventually threw her to the ground. While she was on the ground, the defendant dragged her and repeatedly kicked her,” a prosecutor said at Chaves’ arraignment.

The woman had numerous abrasions and cuts on her arm.

Chaves is accused of three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. He was released on parole.

Taunton Public Schools said the school crossing guard was fired following the alleged incident.