Alamance school aide charged after allegedly pushing 7-year-old student

Robin Nicole Fuller, 50, who worked as a teaching assistant in an Alamance County elementary classroom, was arrested March 31 and charged with misdemeanor assault on a child under 12 and misdemeanor child abuse after court documents allege she pushed a 7-year-old student, causing the child to fall from a chair. The student’s mother has publicly said the child is autistic and nonverbal. Fuller was held on a $3,500 bond and later posted bond. ([wfmynews2.com](wfmynews2.com/article/news/crime/alamance-county-teaching-assistant-assualt-on-child-arrested-robin-fuller/83-da2f1513-0abd-4ca3-8155-71951f347ea9))

Parents seeking immediate facts should know the alleged incident is tied to an elementary school in the Alamance-Burlington School System; local reporting places the school in the Burlington area and says the arrest is based on court records. The district has not published a detailed public statement about whether Fuller had contact with the student after the March 27 incident, nor has ABSS posted personnel actions related to this specific case on its public news page. Area parents can raise questions at the district’s scheduled public meetings and watch for any district release. ([thetimesnews.com](thetimesnews.com/news/crime/teachers-assistant-accused-of-assaulting-7-year-old/article_6b89d797-7181-5b6a-bd68-51778e7c3a76.html))

The charges against Fuller invoke specific North Carolina statutes: assault on a child under 12 falls under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-33(c)(3), which elevates qualifying assaults to a Class A1 misdemeanor, and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-318.2(a) covers misdemeanor child abuse by a caregiver or supervisor of a child under 16 who inflicts or allows physical injury or creates a substantial risk of injury, also a Class A1 misdemeanor. Those statutory labels explain why an alleged push that caused a fall can generate both counts as charged by prosecutors. The criminal case will proceed through local court processes including initial appearances and pretrial scheduling in Alamance County courts. ([ncleg.net](ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-33.html))

The arrest exposes gaps parents often press districts to explain: what training and supervision teaching assistants receive, how the district documents and reassigns staff after a complaint, and how long internal investigations take. ABSS lists an Exceptional Children division and Student Services department that manage special-education supports and related services, but the district’s public pages do not list a school-by-school transcript of training hours for teacher assistants or an immediate public checklist of personnel safeguards in active investigations. Recent local reporting shows ABSS has faced multiple staff-related criminal cases in the 2023-2025 period, including several employees charged or investigated for misconduct involving students; those earlier cases resulted in a mix of resignations, terminations, license actions and pending prosecutions. ([abss.k12.nc.us](abss.k12.nc.us/page/exceptional-children/))

Parents who want to file a concern or follow the legal process can contact ABSS central office at 1712 Vaughn Road, Burlington, phone 336-570-6060, the district Student Services or Exceptional Children contacts listed on the ABSS website, and the parent advocate resources linked to Exceptional Children. For suspected abuse reports, Alamance County Department of Social Services Children’s Services can be reached at 336-570-6532 (opt. 2), and local law enforcement contacts include Burlington Police at 336-229-3503, Graham Police at 336-570-6711 and the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency at 336-570-6300. Court dockets and criminal case searches for Alamance County appear through state and county court-access portals for tracking arraignments and scheduled hearings. ([visitalamance.com](visitalamance.com/listing/alamance-burlington-school-system-central-office/13/))

Watch this week’s ABSS board calendar for district response: the system hosted a streamed Board of Education Regular Meeting on April 14 and listed an April 15 Board Work Session where parents can follow public-comment opportunities and any administrative updates. Officials at ABSS, the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office and the local district attorney’s office are the institutions to monitor for formal statements, personnel actions and court filings as the case moves forward. ([boxcast.tv](boxcast.tv/view/april-14-2026-board-of-education-regular-meeting-p5wcit9xs9ozvwoourlk))