*Breaking News * Former Alexander County Schools Employee Found Not-Guilty Of Charges Filed In January

A former employee of Alexander County Schools has been found not-guilty of assaulting a student.

In Alexander County Superior Court on Monday, 63-year old Teresa Ellison Campbell was found not- guilty of misdemeanor counts of assault on a child under 12 and child abuse.

Campbell was accused of slapping a 7-year-old student while employed by the Alexander County School System.

Alexander County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrested Campbell after an the alleged incident in January. Shortly after the arrest, Alexander County Schools said she was no longer employed by the system. Campbell was listed in the school system staff directory as a teacher assistant at Ellendale Elementary School’s Exceptional Children program, before her name was removed.

The Hickory Daily Record contributed to this story

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