A Dean in the middle school in New York is accused of attacking a 13-year-old student during an argument when the boy refused to turn into his uniform.
Elvin Ventura, 53, who is the dean of students at Charles O. Dewey Middle School in Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn, was arrested on Thursday.
Police resources told several New York news stores that it all started when Ventura saw the student in the cafeteria from uniform and told him to change.
Students at school should wear black pants and a blue, burgundy or black “Dewey” shirt, depending on their degree level, the New York Daily News reported.
The student allegedly claimed that he would do it after lunch, but when Ventura saw him in the cafeteria a short time later and still did not carry his uniform, an argument between the two and a fight broke out.
According to the criminal complaint obtained by CBS News, Ventura pushed the student with his hands, wrapped his arms around his neck and applied pressure, causing “substantial pain around his neck”.
“When I look, I see that the dean has the child in choking,” Poseidon Agueda, a student who was in the cafeteria at the time, told CBS. “I was pretty scared. I didn’t know what was going to happen next. ‘
A teacher was finally able to break the battle and police officers responded to the school where they arrested Ventura at 15:45 o’clock
Ventura was jeopardized on Friday on charges of strangulation, criminal impediment of breathing, third -degree assault, harassment and the welfare of a child. He was released without bail.
“This alleged behavior is absolutely unacceptable,” Jenna Lyle, a spokesman for the New York City Department of Education, said in a statement.
“This employee has been rejected from students in anticipation of the outcome of the arrest, and if we are convicted, our termination will pursue.”
