Fla. Teacher Who Punched Student Won't Be Charged

BROOKSVILLE (CBS4)-Prosecutors say they won't charge a Tampa Bay-area high school teacher who punched a student in an incident caught on another student's cell phone video camera.

The state attorney's office in Brooksville, north of Tampa, said this week that the video does not provide conclusive evidence that 64-year-old Sandra Hadsock was not acting in self-defense when she swung at a student who called her vulgar names. She was arrested after the incident last month.

Prosecutor Brian Trehy said students who witnessed the incident said the teen made contact first and the teacher was responding to that. Hadsock landed at least one punch on the student's face.

The 22-year veteran teacher said she hopes she'll be allowed to return to the classroom, but it's still unclear if that will happen.

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