Hillsborough deputies arrested a Tampa elementary school principal accused of failing to report an instance of child abuse to the proper authorities.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Patrick Lalone was the principal of Davis Elementary School at the time of the incident in question in May 2021.
Investigators said Lalone was shown video from a classroom where a teacher and 8-year-old student were raising their voices at one another, with the child sitting in a chair and the teacher standing in front of the child’s desk.
The video showed the teacher “aggressively shoving” the desk into the victim, “at which time he cries out in pain,” the report said.
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