GADSDEN COUNTY, Fla. — A physical education teacher has been arrested following an investigation into an altercation with a 9-year-old student at an elementary school, authorities said.
Deputies with the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office responded March 31, 2026, to Greensboro Elementary School after receiving a report of a physical incident involving a teacher and a student.
School officials identified the teacher as 54-year-old Edward Wayne Lee II.
Investigators with the sheriff’s office Special Victim’s Unit reviewed surveillance video, which authorities said showed Lee verbally and aggressively confronting the student, standing over him, and dragging the child across the cafeteria floor.
On April 13, investigators met with Lee and obtained a sworn statement regarding the incident. He was then arrested on an outstanding warrant for child abuse.
Lee was transported to the Gadsden County Jail without incident.