BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 A Pineapple Cove Academy teacher was jailed earlier this month after police said she injured a child at school, according to the West Melbourne Police Department.<\/p>\n
In an arrest affidavit, police said they received a call about the incident on Oct. 7, and they learned that the child had suffered a \u201csupracondylar fracture\u201d \u2014 a break in the arm near the elbow.<\/p>\n
Investigators said they later went to the school and reviewed classroom surveillance footage, which showed a teacher \u2014 identified as Shona Little, 36, of Palm Bay \u2014 walking while holding a child by the wrist.<\/p>\n
After stopping near a door, Little can be seen lifting the child by her wrist, with the child soon falling to the ground, police added.<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle jerks the child back to her feet, causing the child to spin in a circle, all while holding the child\u2019s left wrist,\u201d the affidavit reads. \u201cThe child pulls her left arm in toward her body, and her face appears to be in discomfort, and takes then her right hand and holds the left arm.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to police, Little claimed during an interview that the child\u2019s behavior was \u201cchallenging,\u201d and redirecting the child wasn\u2019t working, so she decided to walk around the classroom together as she held the student\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n
Per Little, the student didn\u2019t want to, so the child fell to the floor while Little kept holding onto her wrist out of a \u201cmotherly instinct.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle said she didn\u2019t want the child to hurt herself as she was falling to the floor,\u201d the affidavit continues. \u201cThe child was going limp with her body to stop Little from walking with her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the explanation, Little was arrested and taken into custody on Oct. 10. She now faces a charge of aggravated child abuse.<\/p>\n