Police arrest woman accused of beating teacher

DECATUR - A DeKalb County mother accused of beating her daughter&#39;s teacher with a cell phone and a coffee mug was arrested Tuesday. <br> <br> Sheriff&#39;s officers found Lalindus Cater, 41, at a package store. Cater, who is being held at DeKalb County Jail, faces two counts of aggravated battery, and criminal trespass charges. <br> <br> Cater had been missing since March 27. Police said Cater went to Canby Lane Elementary School that day with her daughter insisting that the child had been slapped and ``demanding to know who did it.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Police said Cater beat a first grade teacher assistant, Dawn Martin, 43, with a cell phone and coffee mug in a classroom full of students. She then took her 6-year-old daughter and fled from the school. <br> <br> Martin, who was treated for cuts and bruises, has not returned to Canby Elementary. Both she and DeKalb school officials denied hitting the 6-year-old girl.

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