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    Police: Elementary school worker charged with putting students into ‘martial arts choke hold’

    A math coach at a Norwalk elementary school is charged with allegedly demonstrating a ‘martial arts choke hold’ on three students, rendering one unconscious, police said.

    Stefanie Sanabria, 50, of 1 Kennedy Ave., Danbury, is charged with second degree strangulation, risk of injury to a minor and first-degree reckless endangerment, according to the Norwalk Police Department.

    On Feb. 24, police responded to reports of a staff member rendering a student unconscious at Brookside Elementary School at 382 Highland Ave., police said.

    The Special Victims Unit responded and found that Sanabria, who was working as a math coach, demonstrated the choke hold on three students in a fifth grade class.

    “One of the students lost consciousness as a result of Sanabria’s actions,” police said in a statement.

    The student was immediately treated by the school nurse, police said.

    A warrant for Sanabria’s arrest was issued and she was taken into custody at her home on Friday.

    Sanabria’s bond was set at $20,000 and she is scheduled to appear in court next on March 10, police said.

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