LANCASTER — A Coos County grand jury has indicted a Berlin man for allegedly assaulting a student while working as a substitute teacher at the Gorham Middle High School in February.

Nicholas H. Brooks, 71, of 54 Charron Ave., Berlin, was charged with one count of second- degree assault: strangulation and three counts of simple assault. The indictments allege Brooks grabbed the alleged victim’s sweatshirt, pushed the 14-year old against a wall, and used his hand to applied pressure to the youth’s throat and neck.

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