Northern Colorado teacher acquitted of assault charges involving 6-year-old student

A man who was an elementary school teacher in Northern Colorado has been acquitted of the charges against him, which accused him of strangling a 6-year-old student. 

The Weld County District Attorney's Office confirmed with CBS Colorado that Joshua David Wainscott was found not guilty on charges of second-degree assault- strangulation, and child abuse. 

According to the arrest affidavit, Wainscott had been accused of putting the child in a headlock to get him to come inside the Maplewood Elementary School building. At the time, the child said he couldn't breathe easily. 

Maplewood is in Greeley-Evans School District 6.