An elementary school teacher in Florida was arrested after he flung a six-year-old special needs child against a wall, police said.
Kevin Adkisson, 52, was arrested on two felony counts of child abuse without great bodily harm after an incident which occurred at Wadsworth Elementary in Palm Coast, Florida, on October 16, Flagler County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Two students were arguing over a toy, when Adkisson stepped in and forcibly removed the toy from the children's hands, police said.
Adkisson then pushed one of the students, and then grabbed him by the arm and threw him in the air using a 'rough, slinging motion,' a witness told police.
The man proceeded to yell at the student and told him he was 'acting like a two-year-old,' according to police.
The student then crawled under one of the desks in the classroom and began to cry.
Adkisson told the student to get out from under the desk, and when the student failed to comply, Adkisson moved the desk out of the way to grab the student by the arm and pinned him against the wall.
Witnesses told police they heard the student crying and saying he couldn't breathe.
Adkisson was arrested and charged with two counts of child abuse after he allegedly flung a child into the air and pinned him to a wall restricting his movements
Kevin Adkisson, 52, is an elementary school teacher who was arrested after police investigating an incident in which a child was abused by a teacher in a classroom
The incident took place at Wadsworth Elementary School in Flagler County, Florida, on October 16
Adkisson eventually let the child go and told him that he was not hurt before walking away, according to police.
Allegedly, this is not the first incident of a similar nature involving the teacher.
According to a conversation police had with a different student, there was a prior incident in which Adkisson 'struck both sides of the student’s stomach with closed hands, picked the student up, and then placed him in the back of the line after the student skipped ahead of classmates.'
'Parents entrust teachers to provide a safe learning environment for their children. Some special needs students can be challenging but everyone who works with these children must always keep their cool,' said Sheriff Rick Staly in a police news release.
A no-contact order was filed by the Seventh Judicial Court in Flagler County on October 23, which prohibits Adkisson from contacting the affected student as well as the witness who reported the altercation, court records show.
Adkisson was released on a $5,000 bond, and is scheduled to appear in court on November 17.
