A former detention officer was charged with a felony after he allegedly assaulted a 14-year-old at a Cobb County youth detention center, officials said.

Vanderia Britton resigned from his position as assistant director of programs at the Marietta Regional Youth Detention Center (RYDC) in April while under investigation, said Glenn Allen with the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. On Monday, Britton was booked into the Cobb jail on a charge of first-degree cruelty to children. He remains there without bond.

“Because he struck the youth, he knew that we would terminate him. That is why he resigned immediately,” Allen told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “He didn’t give us the chance to terminate him, he knew that was going to be the end result.”

An arrest warrant obtained Friday ac

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