TYLER, Texas — A former Tyler ISD substitute teacher pleaded guilty Friday to shoving a student with disabilities, throwing them onto the floor, and restraining them multiple times in a classroom.

Joacim Castro-Lacayo, 29, entered a guilty plea to a charge of injury to a child or disabled person in connection with an incident that happened in April this year. He is set to face sentencing on Jan. 8 in the 114th District Court, according to judicial records.

Castro-Lacayo was arrested back in April and let go from Tyler ISD, where he worked as a long-term substitute teacher in a special education classroom at Moore Middle School.

A video dated April 1 shows an altercation between Castro-Lacayo and a 12-year-old student. The incident began when Castro-Lacayo became upset after the student

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