A teacher at J.W. Coon Elementary School has been suspended with pay after being accused of breaking the arm of a 5-year-old student, Cumberland County Schools officials said this morning.
Jackie Bennett, 57, of the 6500 block Pacific Avenue in Fayetteville, is charged with assault inflicting serious bodily injury and child abuse inflicting serious injury, said Debbie Tanna, a Cumberland County Sheriff's Office's spokeswoman.
Bennett is an exceptional children's teacher, said Theresa Perry, schools spokeswoman.
Bennett told investigators he was trying to use a "therapeutic hold" on the girl Tuesday when she was injured, Tanna said.
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/09/16/1031247
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