Jackie Bennett - Fayetteville, NC

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

Kathleen Yasui-Der - Chapel Hill, NC

Kathleen Yasui-Der was arrested for assault and contributing to the neglect of a minor. Investigators say the charges are tied to events in May, involving a 9-year-old and 12-year-old boy at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School. Police say Yasui-Der bent a student's finger and twisted another student's arm.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/112907/