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GREENVILLE, TEXAS - Authorities in Hunt County arrested a teacher's aide, charging her with hurting a special needs boy inside a classroom.
Lakenya Harris is charged with injury to a child. Authorities in Greenville, about 50 miles northeast of Dallas, say she repeatedly struck him during a struggle in a classroom.
The district says the educator, seen grinning in her above mugshot, resigned.
The 53-year-old paraprofessional worked in a special needs classroom at Greenville Middle School. The victim was one of her students.
In an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by FOX 4, Greenville ISD police say a parent reached out last week because their "…non-verbal special education student, came home with bruising and scratches without explanation."
The officer asked what happened. The child, using sign language, gestured, "teacher."
Police reviewed surveillance video from inside the classroom. Video allegedly showed Harris "open handed slapping" the child, cursing at him while "she forcefully attempted to pick [him] up by the arms, wrists and underarms, slapping him and placing her knee in his back."
Harris was arrested and booked into the Hunt County Jail Thursday.
Harris’ bond is $75,000. The district said it notified CPS and followed reporting guidelines.
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