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‘I just want justice’: Family reacts after Caroline teacher pleads guilty to abusing 3-year-old boy

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CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A former Caroline County elementary school teacher has pleaded guilty after she was caught on video pushing, chasing and slapping a 3-year-old boy. On Sept. 19, 2025, then-preschool teacher 28-year-old Spenser Bettinger was arrested after a mother reported seeing several scratches on her son after picking him up from Bowling Green Elementary School. She was charged with felony child abuse, felony causing an injury t…

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WRIC broke the news in Richmond, United States on Friday, January 9, 2026.
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