Massachusetts Teacher Resigns After Violent Lesson With Student Is Caught on Video

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A high school teacher has resigned after video of him re-enacting a violent scene from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” with a 14-year-old freshman surfaced on the Internet, according to MyFOXBoston.

It was supposed to be a creative lesson in a Dudley, Mass., English class, but the reenactment turned rough after Tom Reidy allegedly used the student as a prop, MyFOXBoston reported.

A student taped the encounter with a cell phone and posted the video on the Web.

Community opinion is divided over whether the man should have lost his job over the "play" fight.

“It’s more likely this was voluntarily entered into by both individuals there,” Dudley Police Chief Steven Wojnar told FOX News on Tuesday. “It’s hard to tell what was going on, but there is always the chance that someone could get hurt or injured.”

Wojnar said no charges have yet been filed, but there are a lot of people with information that police still want to speak to.

“This is a personal matter," said Dudley schools superintendent Sean Gilrein in a statement. "Mr Reidy was in his first year of teaching at Shepherd Hill Regional High School and tendered his resignation on Saturday, March 8th.”

Click here to watch the video at MyFOXBoston.com.

 

Elementary School Custodian Booked With Raping 10-Year-Old Boys

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A custodian at an elementary school has been booked with raping two 10-year-old boys at the school, Slidell Police said Monday.

Dino Jay Schwertz, 41, of Slidell, was arrested Saturday after an investigation into what officials first suspected was a bullying incident at the school. Schwertz was booked with six counts of aggravated rape, police said during a news conference.

The investigation began after one boy's mother complained to both the Slidell Police Department and to school officials that her son had been assaulted by another 10-year-old student. After interviewing the victim, authorities determined Schwertz, a school custodian at the time, had sexually assaulted him, police said Monday.

During the investigation, detectives also learned that the other boy involved in the bullying incident allegedly had been sexually assaulted by Schwertz as well, police said

 

Three New Jersey Teens Charged With Sexually Assaulting Special Education Student

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Three teen boys are charged with sexually assaulting a special education student in a northern New Jersey home, authorities said Tuesday.

One of the attackers is 18 and the others are 16; the girl is 16, said Paul Loriquet, a spokesman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

All are students at Montclair High School. The attack allegedly took place Thursday afternoon at the home of the 18-year-old after the students skipped classes, Loriquet said.

The mental capacity of the girl was still being determined, he said.

"The victim told a girlfriend who told a Montclair High guidance counselor," who notified authorities, Loriquet said.

Authorities identified the 18-year-old as Romal Roberts. He and the 16-year-old boys were charged with aggravated sexual assault in an 18-count indictment. The names of the 16-year-olds, who are juveniles, would not be released unless they are tried as adults.

Evidence from the Montclair home was seized and is being tested, Loriquet said.

The three suspects all surrendered. Authorities have not yet determined of others were involved, he said.

The case revived memories of a notorious sex attack on a 17-year-old mentally retarded girl in neighboring Glen Ridge in 1989 by schoolmates. Several Glen Ridge High School athletes served prison terms after being convicted. The case was dramatized in an ABC television movie in 1999.