CPS aide put 8-year-old in a chokehold, threw him to lunchroom floor: prosecutors

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Original Load Date Feb. 14, 2026, noon
Last Updated Feb. 14, 2026, noon
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A special education assistant at a South Side elementary school has been charged with aggravated battery of a child after prosecutors said she placed an 8-year- old student in a chokehold and threw him to the lunchroom floor, causing serious injuries. Tamika Odeh, 44, is charged with aggravated bat...