[Sept,2010] A Fallon teacher's aide will be tried on charges that she abused some of her handicapped students, a judge determined Thursday.
Lorette Schmelz, 47, was bound over on six counts of child abuse by Fallon Justice of the Peace Mike Richards following a preliminary hearing.
“It appears to me the testimony has proven crimes may have taken place,” Richards said.
According to court records, co-workers at the school reported, among other allegations, that between September 2009 and January 2010 Schmelz pinched a child until he screamed; bent a student's finger backward; bent a student's hand to the wrist in a painful manner and twisted students' arms. Schmelz, who was an instructional aide in a special needs class at Numa Elementary School, has been suspended from her position pending the outcome of the investigation. Several students in Schmelz's class have autism and Down syndrome and lack the ability to speak.
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20100904/NEWS/100909834/1070&ParentProfile=1058
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