A former Monroe County special education teacher is scheduled to turn herself in to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office following allegations of cruelty to children, officials said.
The sheriff’s office issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for Janice Ricks on two counts of cruelty to children, said Allison Selman-Willis, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office.
Selman-Willis said investigators are keeping some of the details of the case quiet until it’s turned over to the District Attorney’s Office, but one of the counts involved “thumping” a child.
“Some of the other children had marks on them,” Selman-Willis said.
Ricks, who resigned from her teaching job at T.G. Scott Elementary School a couple of weeks ago, taught special needs children ages 3-5.
Selman-Willis said another employee of the school system noticed the bruising on the children and reported it to the school system, which brought in the sheriff’s office to investigate Jan. 20.
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