A Toledo politician, who doubles as a coach at the local school, is facing criminal charges after an alleged physical altercation with a high school student.

According to a news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, a school resource officer received a report of a football coach physically striking a student on school grounds on Oct. 24.

After a follow-up investigation, sheriff’s detective Christopher Marks determined that Rodney Cross, 63, had slapped a student during a conversation in the Toledo Junior/Senior High School gymnasium, the sheriff’s office said.

Cross is an assistant coach on the Toledo football team. As of Thursday morning, he is still listed on the team page on the Oregon School Activities Association website . Cross is also the mayor of Toledo , a small

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