North Carolina high school student who went viral for hitting his teacher has been smacked with felony charges & is being charged as an adult. This is how it’s done. 17-year-old Aquavis Hickman has been indicted on assault and kidnapping charges for two separate incidents. Hickman assaulted one of his teachers in February and another in April. “We stand with teachers. We will fight to protect those teachers. And if you lay a hand on a teacher and assault a teacher, you can expect that the punishment will be swift and severe,” said Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill.