The teacher hit a 7-year-old student with an iPad, according to police. (Courtesy: JCSO)

Special Education Teacher Arrested for Assault in Jefferson County, Police Say

Posted on December 6, 2024

White Pine, TN (WOKI) A teacher in Jefferson County is arrested Friday for allegedly hitting a student with an electronic device.

Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office say a school resource officer at White Pine School was told that 31-year-old Joseph Drake Lee, a special education teacher at the school, struck a student with an iPad on Thursday.

Lee was arrested at the school following an investigation by the SRO and an investigator with the Criminal Investigation Division.

He was charged with assault and child abuse and taken to the Jefferson County Detention Center.

The student was checked by the nurse following the incident.

*The teacher hit a 7-year-old student with an iPad, according to police*. (*Courtesy*: *JCSO*)

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