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MIAMI, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A Florida special education teacher faces up to five years in jail after she was convicted of putting hot sauce in a student's soda, records show.
A Miami-Dade jury found Sylvia Tagle guilty of abuse Tuesday but returned a verdict of innocent on three other charges that included pulling a student's hair and failing to change soiled diapers, WFOR-TV in Miami reports.
Tagle taught autistic children at the Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes.
Her attorney Ronald Manto says his client is a dedicated teacher. Tagle claims she put the hot sauce in her own soda and the student then took it from her desk.
"She maintains her innocence," he said. "She believes that she gave her life's work to working with autistic children, and she did a lot of good work, and that she did not do anything wrong."
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 7.
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