ANGLETON, Texas – A teacher at Angleton Heritage Junior High has been indicted on a criminal charge after a 12-year-old student and her family said he physically assaulted her at school.
Samuel Chalmers is charged with injury to a child after a Brazoria County grand jury returned an indictment this week. The student’s mother, Annabell Suarez, says surveillance showed Chalmers tossing her daughter like a rag doll.
The student told KPRC 2 News Reporter Corley Peel, she and Chalmer’s daughter had ongoing beef with back-and-forth bullying. The student said she shoved the teacher’s daughter and then went to the counselor to report the incident.
“I will admit I did shove his daughter. I never should have done that,” she said.
Moments later, the student says the teacher confronted her.
“He just asked me did you put your hands on my daughter? I said yes sir, then he grabbed me up out of my chair, slammed me into the corner of the desk and then slammed me into the wall, lifting me high off the ground where my feet were not touching the ground,” she said.
Suarez has pushed for criminal prosecution and accountability.
“I would like to see him get prosecuted to the full extent of the law as he should be and not get away with it. And you know, that’s basically where I’m at with it. Like I just want the law to do what it’s set up to do,” Suarez said.
Suarez told KPRC 2 the teacher’s bond was reduced from $250,000 to $100,000 and that he has since posted bail. She said she hopes the case will not be swept under the rug.
“He’s a grown man. He should have never put his hands on my child,” Suarez said.
Angleton ISD confirmed Chalmers resigned shortly after the incident. KPRC 2 News attempted to reach Chalmers but was unsuccessful. Angleton ISD did not respond to comment, but the district is on spring break.