A suburban New York woman has been convicted of assault for punching and choking a teacher at her daughter's school. Newsday ( http://nwsdy.li/2jfLBAV ) reports a Nassau County jury deliberated about five hours before finding Annika McKenzie guilty of assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. She said she believed the teacher had assaulted her daughter with a lacrosse stick earlier that day. The teacher was unconscious for about two minutes and suffered a concussion. He said McKenzie thought the teacher was going to hit her.

Source: ABC News January 13, 2017 16:03 UTC