Volunteer coach charged with strangling student at Halifax prep school

According to deputies with the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, they received a call on December 20 that a coach had assaulted a student at Southeast Collegiate Preparatory Academy in Halifax.

Deputies say that after investigating with the school’s resource officer they arrested 37-year-old Paul Nicholson Jr. of Enfield and charged him with felony assault by strangulation.

A spokesperson from Halifax County Schools said Nicholson was a volunteer basketball coach, adding Nicholson was not employed by the school system and is no longer associated with Halifax County Schools.