TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CHARGED FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION INTO PADDLING INCIDENT

An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and other agencies into a paddling incident at a Jackson County school has resulted in the indictment of a teacher and assistant principal.

At the request of 15th Judicial District Attorney General Jason Lawson, on October 10th, TBI special agents joined the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Children’s Services in investigating a complaint of an assault of a student in a Jackson County elementary school. The investigation revealed that on October 4th, a student at Dodson Branch Elementary School w...