Dallas Morning News
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A West Texas elementary-school teacher has been arrested after police say she bit a 4-year-old boy with autism because he wasn't following instructions.
Kirsten Joelle Barnett, 25, of Abilene was charged with injury to a child, a third-degree felony. She faces a prison term of two to 10 years if convicted.
A teacher's aide at Locust Early Childhood Center told authorities on Feb. 1 that Barnett put the student in a "restraining hold" and then bit him near his ear, KTXS-TV reported.
The boy shouted "No!" and then started to rub his cheek, KTAB-TV/KRBC-TV reported.
The aide and another school employee later saw a "swollen bite mark" on the boy's cheek, police said
Good to know there are some education staff do the right thing.
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