‘I was playing too much’: Frightened 5-year-old girl is locked in the closet as punishment

Police say a Memphis, Tennessee teacher locked a 5-year-old girl in a closet, then left the school because she was feeling sick.

Shelby County Schools says the teacher, Kristin Ohsfeldt, has been suspended.

According to police, the teacher at A.B. Hill Elementary locked up the kindergarten student Akeelah Joseph on Tuesday and then went home sick without telling anyone where she was.

A substitute teacher didn’t the discover the cold and frightened girl until an hour later.

Police say the child was not harmed and the teacher was not at the school when police arrived.

WREG interviewed Akeelah about the traumatic event. They asked her why the teacher had locked her in the closet.

‘I was playing too much,’ said Akeelah. ‘I almost peed on myself if I didn’t make it the bathroom.’

Akeelah’s mother, Wanda Joseph, told reporters this is the first time her daughter has gotten in trouble at school.

‘I am hearing that the teacher locked my child in a closet, because she was supposedly bad. You don’t do that. I hurried up to the school and started yelling, ‘Where my daughter at? Where my daughter at?’’ said Joseph. ‘She was cold. She came out cold and shaking. Plus she has asthma. She could have had an asthma attack in that closet!’

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