A teacher’s aide was arrested after witnesses said she picked up a 5-year-old autistic boy by the arm, pulled him down the steps and threw him on his back across the hallway, according to Greenville police.Brittany Ann Bell, 37, a teacher's aide at Summit Drive Elementary, was charged with cruelty to children, police said.Police said they were called to the school on Monday about a teacher's aide assaulting an autistic student. An arrest warrant said the incident happened on Friday. Bell turned herself in to police on Wednesday. Police said the boy had fingertip bruises on the inside and outside of his forearm.The boy's father told police his son also had an injury to his back. Bell is no longer an employee of the school district, district officials said. They said Bell was hired by the school district in January of 2014 as an aide at Buena Vista Elementary. She transferred to Summit Drive in August of 2015, according to school district officials.

A teacher’s aide was arrested after witnesses said she picked up a 5-year-old autistic boy by the arm, pulled him down the steps and threw him on his back across the hallway, according to Greenville police.

Brittany Ann Bell, 37, a teacher's aide at Summit Drive Elementary, was charged with cruelty to children, police said.


Police said they were called to the school on Monday about a teacher's aide assaulting an autistic student. An arrest warrant said the incident happened on Friday. Bell turned herself in to police on Wednesday.

Police said the boy had fingertip bruises on the inside and outside of his forearm.

The boy's father told police his son also had an injury to his back.

Bell is no longer an employee of the school district, district officials said.

They said Bell was hired by the school district in January of 2014 as an aide at Buena Vista Elementary. She transferred to Summit Drive in August of 2015, according to school district officials.