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Charge laid in Spruce Grove ‘fight club’

Tanya's son, a Grade 8 student at Woodhaven Middle School in Spruce Grove, needed surgery from a fight that left him with a broken nose and cheek bone and a severe injuries to his left eye. Supplied to Global News

A teen has been charged after a fight club incident in Spruce Grove that sent a Grade 8 boy to hospital.

Back in May, the boy came home covered in blood, had a broken nose, broken cheekbone and a badly injured eye after participating in an organized fight.

RCMP said they were investigating the club, and believed the fight locations were being announced on social media.

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Police have confirmed a 15-year-old boy has now been charged with assault causing bodily harm.

The youth’s next court appearance is Nov. 17 in Stony Plain.

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