FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A third preschool teacher is now arrested and two others face charges after alleged abuse was caught on camera inside their classroom at a Roswell daycare center.
Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach has been following this case for over a year and was inside the Fulton County courthouse for Wednesday’s hearing for Lulwa Almouslli.
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Almouslli had yet to be arrested at the time she appeared in court Wednesday, but was taken into custody in the courtroom right after the hearing.
The two other teachers, Zeina Alostwani and Soriana Briceno, are both facing felony cruelty to children charges. They were both arrested last year and waived Wednesday’s arraignment.
Almouslli is now charged with two counts of simple battery, one count of simple assault, and cruelty to children.
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Alostwani and Briceno now face even more charges after investigators reviewed days of video from inside their three-year-old daycare classroom at Parker-Chase of East Roswell.
Surveillance video evidence seems to show Alostwani stepping on a child’s fingers as the children sat in a circle last June. Then a girl is kneed in the back.
Video surveillance appears to show Briceno in a girl’s face, then pushing an index finger into the child’s forehead.
According to records, state investigators reviewed video from previous days and said they found two dozen more incidents involving the same teachers in that class.
“During review of video footage, there were multiple occurrences when staff members were observed pulling, pushing, shoving, and hitting children in care.”
Almouslli entered a not guilty plea and will be tried with Alostwani and Briceno. Parents of some of the victims were in the courtroom and said they are please to see the criminal process move forward and want justice to be served.
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