MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — An arrest citation reveals that a Whitehall Elementary School paraeducator was arrested on Oct. 21 for alleged child abuse.

According to the citation, Richmond police were contacted by a parent who reported their "child had been assaulted by staff" at the elementary school on Oct. 16.

The citation states that Richmond police received "video that had been taken of the incident," which reportedly shows the child "unclothed and being pulled by her hair" inside the school's gym.

According to the citation, in the video, police identified Beverly Vanwinkle-Thompson as the person pulling the child's hair. Further, the citation notes that in a second video, the child is lying on the ground as Thompson is standing over her, in which "the child attempts to push away

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