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Yaritza Martinez, a behavior interventionalist at Lillian Feinstein Elementary School in Providence, is accused of biting a student

She allegedly bit the boy on Sept. 5 after he threw paint across the room when she told him he could not paint

Martinez, who is now charged with simple assault or battery, turned herself in on Sept. 9, according to the Providence Police Department

An elementary school employee in Rhode Island is accused of biting a student after the child threw paint across a classroom.

Yaritza Martinez is facing a simple assault charge following the incident, which allegedly occurred on Sept. 5 at Lillian Feinstein Elementary School in Providence.

Martinez is the school's behavior interventionalist.

The student first reported the episode to the school nurs

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