An elementary school principal in North Carolina was indicted after she allegedly misled and lied to cops during their investigation into a teacher’s aide tying a 6-year-old girl with autism to a chair with a jump rope.
Tounya Wright, 60, was indicted last week on three counts of obstructing justice and one count of perjury. The investigation centered around photos Wright received in November 2024 that depicted the girl tied to the chair at Eno Valley Elementary School in Durham.
Cops allege Wright lied about how she received the photos and who took them. According to a warrant, Wright initially told cops she received the photos after someone anonymously slipped them under the door. This wasn’t true, and Wright, along with other administrators, participated in a “coordinated effort to deflect liability,” the warrant stated…