SC Whitmore School teacher arrested, charged with child neglect

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) – A teacher at Columbia’s South Carolina Whitmore School was arrested Thursday.

Records show 34-year-old Erin Wheeler was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center on a count of unlawful neglect of a child.

According to an incident report obtained from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, Wheeler is accused of punching a child in the forehead on Nov. 27, 2025.

She then reportedly followed the child into a bathroom and continued punching them in the forehead and upper body. The victim, meanwhile, tried to block the punches with their arms and sustained bruises as a result…

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