An Atmore teacher is on paid administrative leave after being arrested on child abuse charges.
Tracy Linam, a kindergarten teacher at Rachel Patterson Elementary School, was arrested Friday after an Escambia County grand jury indicited her on three counts of aggravated child abuse and three counts of domestic violence.
Linam's husband, Terry Linam, faces the same charges. Escambia County Superintendent Billy Hines would not comment on the case, but the children involved are not Linam's students.
Linam is the second Escambia County teacher arrested in recent months. In February, Larry Tindell, a special education teacher at W.S. Neal High School, was arrested on a grand jury indictment accusing him of giving Loratab to a teenager. Tindell also faces child pornography charges after investigators say they found images of children in his home while conducting a search warrant. Tindell retired from his teaching job and remains in jail.
The Alabama Attorney General's office is handling the Linam case.
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