A teacher has been charged with assault after a video showed her dragging a 9-year-old boy with autism through the halls of a Kentucky school.
Kentucky State Police “opened an investigation into teacher Trina Abrams,” Senior Trooper David Boarman said, adding she has “been charged with Assault 4th Degree, victim under 12 years old.”
CNN has been unable to reach Abrams. She is due Wednesday in court, state police said.
The Greenup County School District on Monday announced the termination of a teacher, whom it did not name, more than two months after the October incident, CNN affiliate WSAZ-TV reported.
“The teacher was removed from the school and a formal investigation was conducted,” Superintendent Sherry Horsley said in a statement to WSAZ. “The superintendent also followed protocol and reported the incident to the Kentucky Education Standards Board.”
The boy’s mother, Angel Nelson, told CNN on Monday that her son was removed from a classroom after he had an outburst.
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