Sixth woman arrested in Longview ISD abuse investigation

LONGVIEW – A sixth woman was arrested for injury to a child for events that took place while she was employed at a Longview ISD elementary school. According to our news partner KETK, Cynthia Talley, 56, was arrested on Wednesday and has been indicted for seven counts of causing bodily injury to a child. She has also been indicted for one count of unlawful restraint of a minor. Talley posted a combined bail of $20,000 for all eight of her charges, and was released the same day. All six of the women were indicted in late June after an investigation into the mistreatment of students at J.L. Everhart Elementary. Priscilla Johnson, 56, who is still listed as a J.L. Everhart Elementary teacher on the district’s website, has been indicted for causing bodily injury to a child “by striking [them] with a shoe.” Cecilia Gregg, 57, who according to her LinkedIn profile has been a teacher at the district since 2009, has been indicted on four separate counts of injury. All four counts allege that Gregg struck students with her hand, according to the indictment. Both women were arrested on July 5, and all five of the former elementary employees were indicted on June 22. They are each set for arraignment in August. A spokesperson for Longview ISD was not immediately available at this time.