Sep 22, 2009 11:10 pm US/Eastern
Dade Teacher Is Guilty In Soda Abuse Case
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
A Miami-Dade jury found a special needs teacher guilty of abuse, after she put hot sauce in a student's soda, but she was absolved of other accusations on the way she treated students.
Sylvia Tagle was convicted of abuse after she gave the soda with hot sauce to a student of autism to teach him a lesson. But Tagle says the boy grabbed the soda from her desk when she was with other students.
Jurors found Tagle not guilty of three other charges, including pulling a student's hair and not changing soiled dialers.
Her attorney says she's a strict but dedicated teacher.
"She maintains her innocence," said attorney Ronald Manto. "She believes that she gave her life's work to working with autistic children, and she did a lot of good work, and that she did not do anything wrong."
Tagle taught at the Bob Graham Educational Center in Miami Lakes.
Her sentencing is set for October 7th, and she could face a maximum of five years in jail.
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