Bradenton, FL - May 15, 2002

Bradenton, Fl - - Teacher sentenced in child neglect case --- May 15
Because they couldn't prove the aggravated child abuse, prosecutors accepted a guilty plea for neglect of a four-year-old boy who "had broken bones in his hands, feet and shoulder, according to medical reports. He also had untreated ringworm and scratches and scars all over his body." Wanda Bennett, 41, had four adopted children and ought to know about child welfare.

Bennett was a police officer in Dallas from 1987 to 1995 and a child abuse investigator for the Department of Children & Families in the late 1990s. She then began working at Harllee Middle School in Bradenton as a special education teacher.

From Naples Daily News, May 15, 2001. link