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Lexington County teacher charged with assaulting student

Jan 29, 2025
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Lexington, SC 01/29/2025 - A White Knoll High School teacher is accused of assaulting a student at the school.


Fritzie Suerto Refamonte, 45, is charged with third-degree assault and battery, according to an arrest warrant.


“When we became aware of this incident, we opened an investigation and determined Refamonte allegedly assaulted the student Jan. 14,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “She’s accused of taking the hands of a nonverbal student and using them to strike the student’s own face.”

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Refamonte said she told the student to “hit yourself, not the teacher” in an effort to let the student know what the student did was not good, according to the arrest warrant.


Koon said deputies talked to three witnesses as part of their investigation.


Deputies arrested Refamonte at her home Wednesday morning. She is being held in the Lexington County Detention Center.




22 Comments


Tom Wang
Tom Wang
3 days ago

This Lexington County case is such an important topic for local parent and educator groups to discuss! I build multi‑panel social media carousels breaking down key facts and student‑safety resources, and online image splitter helps me create clean segmented layouts for sharing these updates. Everyone hopes for fair proceedings and better safeguards for kids moving forward.

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Tom Wang
Tom Wang
3 days ago

It is deeply unsettling to see a classroom teacher face assault charges related to a student. Every school should prioritize de‑escalation training to prevent confrontations from turning physical. I review incident documentation and case reference logs for local education‑safety posts with blf viewer online. This situation highlights how critical proper oversight remains within K‑12 school environments.

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Tom Wang
Tom Wang
3 days ago

This news out of Lexington County raises serious concerns for student safety inside local classrooms. Educators hold positions of deep trust, and any alleged physical harm toward a student demands thorough, impartial investigation. I prepare batches of educational‑safety infographics and news summary visuals for my community blog using bulk image edit tools. Families deserve full transparency as this case moves through the legal system.

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Dorothy
Dorothy
Jul 30

A 45-year-old teacher accused of making a nonverbal attachment style test student hit themselves, really? This news caught me off guard while I was on the train. How could someone in a position of trust do this? It's just shocking.

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