A Miami Gardens teacher was arrested Thursday after police said she hit her 5-year-old student with a ruler back in November.
The incident occurred at Aspire Preparatory Academy, located at 21311 NW 34th Ave., on Nov. 19.
According to the child’s mother, the teacher, who Miami Gardens police identified in an arrest report Friday as 25-year-old C N, initially claimed the child had sustained a cut near his eyebrow with a pencil.
However, police said hospital staff determined that a pencil could not have caused the wound, which will likely leave a scar.
The victim’s mother said her son later told her that his teacher struck him with a ruler, a claim he reiterated during a medical evaluation conducted by the University of Miami’s Child Protective Team, the report stated.
Authorities said the child’s mother provided police with cellphone video in which her son described the incident.
Police said N, of northwest Miami-Dade, made a statement following her arrest, but it was redacted in the publicly-released report.
Jail records show N is facing one count of child abuse with no great bodily harm.
N appeared in bond court Friday, where a judge set her bond at $5,000 and issued an order for her to stay away from the victim.
Local 10 News has requested a statement from the Aspire Preparatory Academy.
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