Alison Workman, Merritt Island, Florida (arrested Nov 2012) [child abuse]

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    Alison Workman (Cocoa, Florida), 35, exceptional education teacher at Mila Elementary School [Brevard Public Schools], Merritt Island, Florida, "accused of physically abusing two students "

    13 News: Teacher arrested in child abuse case (Nov 28 2012)

    Alison Workman, 35, is accused of physically abusing two students at Mila Elementary School. The charges are based on information that the Department of Children and Families received earlier this month. The sheriff's office says the abuse included yanking and grabbing the children in such a way that marks and scratches were left on their bodies. The victims were four years old.

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    Bay News 9: Elementary school teacher accused of abusing students (Nov 28 2012)

    [Alison] Workman is facing felony charges for "yanking" and "grabbing" two 4-year-old special needs students so hard, that she left marks and scratches. The investigation began earlier this month after DCF got a tip accusing Workman of using this type of punishment towards students.
     
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    WFTV: Brevard teacher accused of abusing special needs students (Nov 28 2012)

    [Alison Workman] faces felony charges, accused of yanking and grabbing two 4-year-olds to the point that it left them with visible marks and scratches. "At least a couple of the children had gone to an adult previously and said something about being hurt," said Brevard County Sheriff's Office Lt. Tod Goodyear.
     
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    WOGX: Special needs teacher arrested for child abuse (Nov 28 2012)

    Sheriff's Office spokesman Todd Goodyear said an arrest warrant was the result of a nearly month-long investigation into Workman's classroom behavior. He said that two four-year-old victims complained to other adults that Workman, "did things to them they didn't like." Goodyear said the kids had scratches and other markings, but had a tough time describing everything, because they are cognitively delayed, special needs students.
     
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    Brevard Times: Brevard Teacher Arrested For Allegedly Abusing Students (Nov 28 2012)

    The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 35-year-old Alison Workman, of Cocoa, Florida, for allegedly physically abusing two students while employed as an exceptional education teacher at Mila Elementary in Merritt Island, Florida. Sheriff's spokesperson Lt. Tod Goodyear said in an email that the investigation was initiated early this month after the Department of Children and Families received information in reference to what was deemed as malicious punishment of the students by Workman. The four-year-old victims in this case were students in a special needs Voluntary Pre-K class at Mila Elementary.

     
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