Florida Teacher Accused of Child Abuse

(Titusville, Florida) A 48-year-old preschool teacher at A Gold Star Academy, Priscilla Dale Cole, has been accused of slamming the face of a four-year-old into a desk.

Cole was arrested yesterday and charged with felony child abuse.

According to arrest documents, Cole was mad at the boy for acting up on Wednesday. She grabbed the child’s shirt and slammed him facedown into a table, the report said.

"The victim in this incident ... sustained cut and bruised lips, a bloody nose, bruises to his gums and a loose tooth," said Detective Jessica Edens of the Titusville Police Department.[…]

She told detectives that the boy was having a "temper tantrum" and was running around a table when he tripped over a chair, causing his face to hit a desk.

Cole was booked into custody.