Two teachers from the same district in North Carolina have been charged with allegedly abusing a child with special needs over the past three months.
Lori Miller Holland was charged Friday with one count of misdemeanor child abuse and one count of misdemeanor assault on a disabled person by the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, according to court documents reviewed by PEOPLE.
The 54-year-old is a special education teacher at Carver Elementary School in Wendell, a town in Wake County. Holland allegedly posed a “substantial risk of injury” and “unlawfully and intentionally committed an assault and battery” by “dragging” them “down the school hallway” on Jan. 30, according to her arrest warrant. She posted $1,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on March 18.
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The News & Observer reported that Holland has been part of the Wake County school system since 2012 and has been suspended with pay. School principal Wenitra Merritt sent a message to families informing them of Holland’s suspension, according to the office.
“I want to assure you that we take the safety of our students and staff very seriously. While privacy laws prevent me from providing much additional information about the situation, I can tell you that Ms. Holland has been suspended,” the message read, according to The News & Observer.
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The incident follows the December arrest of Tiffany Krystine Ebron, 29, who was charged with one count of misdemeanor assault on a child under 12, one count of misdemeanor assault on a disabled person and one count of misdemeanor child abuse, according to court documents reviewed by PEOPLE. Ebron was employed as a special programs assistant at East Garner Elementary School. Garner is also part of Wake County, NC
The charges stem from an alleged incident on November 14, 2024, in which Ebron allegedly picked up a special needs child “by the legs, resulting in the child hitting the back of the head on the floor.” She allegedly dragged an unidentified 9-year-old child by the legs on the floor.
The arrest warrant states that Ebron allegedly committed the act “unlawfully and intentionally” while she was a “person providing care and supervision.”
“Since the inflicted physical injury, the child had problems in the head and [that] he had carpet burns on his stomach and hands, and they were not caused by accident,” the document states.
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Ebron was ordered to post $15,000 bail and remains suspended without pay, per The News & Observer.
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