Teacher arrested after autistic kindergartner locked in closet

GREENVILLE, SC (WSPA) – A former teacher has been arrested after police say she used cruel punishment techniques in her classroom.
Donna Morgan Hughes, the former special education teacher at Woodland Elementary in Greer, was arrested in December by Greer Police for Unlawful Neglect of a Child and Assault and Battery.
Police say that Hughes locked an autistic 5-year-old in a supply closet, with no lights, for 30 minutes as a punishment. Those warrants also say that Hughes dragged that chil