The Brief

An Anna ISD kindergarten teacher, Mikaela Beth Priest, has been arrested and charged with injury to a child, a third-degree felony.

The charge stems from an alleged incident where the teacher grabbed a 5-year-old girl, leaving visible marks on her arm.

The teacher was immediately removed from Hendricks Elementary School and is no longer employed by the district.

What we know:

ANNA, Texas - An Anna ISD teacher is off the job and facing charges after an incident at school.

The teacher was removed from her classroom at Hendricks Elementary School last week when the investigation began.

Police have not released many details on the incident, but the young girl's mother said the incident happened in front of the entire kindergarten class, and it was another teacher who noticed

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