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Teacher Arrested After Allegedly Slapping Student At Bronx School

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A teacher was arrested Monday for allegedly slapping a student at a public school in the Bronx.

Mark Valentinetti, 58, was charged Monday with acting in a manner injurious to a child, assault, and harassment, police said.

Valentinetti was arrested shortly after 1 p.m. Monday inside P.S. 83 the Donald Hertz School, at 950 Rhinelander Ave. in the Bronx, police said.

Police told CBS2 Valentinetti was accused of slapping a student. The slap did not leave any visible marks or injuries, police said.

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