Teacher flings 6-year-old special needs student through the air, pins him to wall until boy says he couldn't breathe after fight over toy: Cops

Inset: Kevin Adkisson (Flagler County Sheriff's Office). Background: Wadsworth Elementary School successful Palm Coast, Florida, wherever Adkisson allegedly assaulted a peculiar needs pupil (Google Maps).

A Florida teacher is accused of tossing a 6-year-old peculiar needs pupil done the aerial and pinning him against the partition aft the lad had a disagreement with a classmate implicit a toy.

Kevin Adkisson, 52, is charged with 2 counts of child abuse without large bodily harm, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.

The probe began erstwhile a paraprofessional successful Adkisson's affectional and behavioral disorders schoolroom alerted the vice main astatine Wadsworth Elementary School successful Palm Coast astir an incidental connected Oct. 16 that made her "uncomfortable," a probable origin apprehension affidavit said.

Students had "free time" and could ticker a movie oregon play with toys. The paraprofessional told cops that the unfortunate and different pupil began arguing implicit a toy. Both were holding it and not letting go, truthful she told them to springiness the artifact to her. Adkisson, known arsenic Mr. A, allegedly walked implicit and "forcefully" pulled the artifact from their hands.

Adkisson past allegedly grabbed the unfortunate by the limb successful a "rough, slinging motion," which caused the pupil to "swing done the air." The pupil was "visibly upset" and crawled underneath his table portion "crying and yelling," the affidavit stated.

The teacher moved the table and allegedly pinned the unfortunate against the wall. According to the paraprofessional, the pupil was crying and telling Adkisson that helium was hurting him and that helium "could not breathe," cops wrote. Adkisson yet fto the lad spell and told him helium was "not hurt" earlier walking away.

Earlier that day, Adkisson had allegedly picked the lad up for skipping a enactment and carried him to the back.

Cops spoke with the boy, who said Adkisson "struck him connected some the near and close sides of his tummy with closed hands," the affidavit stated. The lad said helium recalled the different incidental but could not supply further details.

Adkisson was arrested astatine his location and taken to the Flagler County Jail, wherever helium has since posted a $5,000 bond. He declined to talk with detectives. Adkisson's adjacent tribunal day is acceptable for Nov. 17.

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"Parents entrust teachers to supply a harmless learning situation for their children. Some peculiar needs students tin beryllium challenging but everyone who works with these children indispensable ever support their cool," Sheriff Rick Staly said successful a statement. "This is an unfortunate incident, but this should not taint the nonrecreational and hard-working module and staff, which bash an outstanding occupation with our children. But fto maine beryllium clear: Abuse of immoderate kind, particularly astatine the hands of a trusted adult, volition not beryllium tolerated."

Flagler County Schools told section CBS affiliate WKMG that Adkisson is connected administrative leave.

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