‘Conspired with the students’: Teacher smiles for mug shot after allegedly encouraging fight between classmates

A Florida substitute teacher is facing charges aft cops accidental she tried to orchestrate a combat betwixt beefing students.

The incidental came to airy during a genitor league connected Wednesday greeting astatine LaBelle Middle School, the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office said successful a Facebook post. The genitor showed the schoolhouse assets serviceman a video that depicted a verbal altercation during people the time earlier for which 20-year-old Ty’Asia Holmes was the substitute teacher.

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In the video, Holmes is holding backmost a pupil who is being taunted by different student, cops said. Holmes allegedly tells the arguing students to halt and instrumentality the statement to the “park.” Local Fox affiliate WFTX showed a information of the video that showed a skirmish betwixt students. The students grapple, sending a table flying aft they deed it, the video showed.

Cops said nary punches were thrown, but “the actions displayed were those of intimidation and carnal threat.” The substitute could beryllium heard “inciting and enabling the different students to fight.”

“As a effect of the video, Holmes was aboriginal recovered to person conspired with the students and facilitated the accidental for this altercation to occur,” deputies wrote.

Holmes and the students were utilizing profanity connected the video, deputies said. She stands accused of 2 counts kid neglect and 8 counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She spent the nighttime successful jailhouse and aboriginal posted a $35,000 bond.

“I americium disgusted and appalled astatine the behaviour of this substitute teacher,” said Sheriff Steve Whidden. “Schools should beryllium a harmless spot for children and staff.”

Mike Swindle, Hendry County School District superintendent, told WFTX that Holmes has been fired and enactment connected the district’s “do not hire” list.

“One blemish similar this is achy to us,” helium said. “We don’t similar it, but it happened and we’re gonna woody with it, get amended from it and determination forward.”

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