TWO WOMEN PLEAD GUILTY TO GREENSBURG-SALEM MISTREATMENT CHARGES

Two women pleaded guilty to charges related to a special needs mistreatment case from the Greensburg-Salem School District.  The Trib reports that 41-year-old Lauren Byrne-Houser of Greensburg was ordered to serve a year of probation for a plea agreement.  The other suspect, 42-year-old Amanda Lehman of South Greensburg, will be sentenced in a few months as she opted for a general plea.  The two were in a group of six charged with mistreatment of special needs students at Robert F. Nicely elementary where lemon juice and soap were sprayed into the mouth of one of the children and two others were restrained with soundproofing mats on multiple occasions in 2023-2024.