CLAXTON, Ga. (WSAV) — Two Claxton Elementary School employees have been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on child abuse charges, officials announced Friday.

Tanesha E. Herrington, 47, of Claxton, and Courtney Anne Dutton, 37, of Glennville

After the Claxton Police Department (CPD) received an anonymous tip that Pre-K teacher Tanesha Herrington had been abusing students in her classroom, they requested the GBI's assistance Monday.

GBI agents obtained video footage that reportedly showed 47-year-old Herrington hitting two students repeatedly in the face, grabbing a student by the throat, forcefully lifting students by the arms while they were lying on the floor asleep and slapping a student on the arm before then pushing the student.

She also was seen throwing a bookbag at

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