York school bus assistant, 70, arrested for spraying cleaning solution on 7-year-old special needs child
YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: A York County School Division bus assistant was arrested and charged on Tuesday, December 6 for allegedly spraying a cleaning solution on a special needs child. David Keith Blackwell was charged with three felony counts of 'malicious bodily injury by means of a caustic substance,' and one count of 'abuse and neglect of children'
According to a Facebook post from the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office, the incident took place on Tuesday afternoon, December 6, when a seven-year-old special needs child spit on the 70-year-old Blackwell, who, in return, sprayed the child in the face with what appeared to be window cleaner three separate times. The incident was reported to the school by the child's parents.