Pregnant Mom Punches Kindergarten Teacher in Face

Don't mess with a pregnant woman! If she says you choked her 5-year-old in class, you'd better admit it and then hope you can outrun her.

Gabriela Dominguez Ugarte said that her 5-year-old son, Vincent Anthony Ugarte, told her last week that his teacher, David M. Svetlecic, had choked him. Ugarte went to the East Austin school to file a complaint against Svetlecic at 8 a.m. on Friday, and Principal Freda C. Mills met with Ugarte and Svetlecic in her office, according to the affidavit. Svetlecic denied choking Ugarte’s son several times, the affidavit said. (Svetlecic could not be immediately reached today by phone for comment.)

“Suddenly, without provocation, Svetlecic says Ugarte punched him in the left side of his head with a closed right fist one time,” the affidavit said. The attack left Svetlecic with several scratches to his left ear and redness on the left side of his neck. Ugarte, who is two months pregnant, was charged with assault of a public servant, a felony. She was released from jail on bond.

Reached by phone this afternoon, Ugarte said that she had lost her job as a caregiver when news of the incident spread. She said Svetlecic denied choking her son but admitted to shaking him. She said hitting Svetlecic at that point was a “mother’s instinct.” “All of this could have been prevented if the principal had done something,” Ugarte said. “This guy choked my son. My baby could have died.”

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