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A teacher in New Jersey was arrested on allegations that he taped a nine-year-old student to his desk for close to an hour, while a teacher’s aide was accused of failing to intervene.
Lenox Elementary School teacher Todd Lewis placed masking tape around the back of the boy’s neck and secured it to the student’s desk for roughly 40 to 50 minutes one day in October while Sallyann Scala was in the classroom but failed to intervene, the victim said, according to the Pompton Lakes Police Department.
Lewis, 57, was charged with one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and Scala, 67, was charged with fourth-degree abuse and neglect of children.
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Police said Lewis appeared for judicial processing proceedings on Thursday after he was served a warrant the day before. He was released pending trial on monitoring, with special release conditions that he not have contact with any children.
Scala was served with a summons complaint on Wednesday.
If convicted, Lewis could face five to 10 years in prison, while Scala could face up to 18 months.
The school district’s superintendent said Lewis and Scala were placed on leave and are prohibited from campus.
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“We want to assure our parents, students, staff and school community that we are working very closely with law enforcement to guarantee the safety and security of our students,” Superintendent Paul Amoroso said in a statement to nj.com.
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The Boston Police Department put out two Missing Person notices over the weekend, asking for the public’s help to find 35-year old Amera Zvekic and 61-year old Elba Portillo.
Police released the notice for Zvekic on Dec. 13. While she is currently homeless, police said she normally keeps in regular contact with her family. However, the notice said family members last saw her three months ago, and last spoke with her in March.
BDP said she is a 5’7” white woman, around 120 pounds, with long brown hair. She has tattoos on her lower back and left arm and has a nose piercing.
She is usually in or near Southampton Street, Melnea Cass Boulevard, and Government Center, police said.
Police encouraged anyone who sees Zvekic to call 911, or contact local detectives at 617-343-5619.
Boston police said Portillo was last seen around 9:30 on Dec. 13 around Marion Street while she was going to her workplace on Meridian Street. She did not show up to work, police said.
According to BPD, Portillo has gone missing in the past and is known to sit along the East Boston waterfront. Police said she might suffer from insomnia and early stages of dementia.
Police described her as a Hispanic woman who is 5’3’’ and weighs around 140 pounds. She has light skin with brown hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a black jacket, purple sweatpants, and a crossbody brown purse, police said.
Similar to Zvekic, police said anyone who sees Portillo should call 911, or detectives at 617-343-4234.
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PHILADELPHIA — Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin says that the explanation he got from the referees on why tight end Darnell Washington and wide receiver Calvin Austin III were called for unnecessary roughness while the Philadelphia Eagles were not was ‘not sufficient.’
According to a pool report, head referee Alan Eck broke down the process behind the play and said that the referees on the field and the officials on replay assist in New York did not see the punches.
“No punches were observed on the field. Since we had flagged down, it gave New York an opportunity to review the play as well. There was no video evidence of punches observed by the Philadelphia Eagles,” Eck said.
Austin joked that he was destined to get called for the flag because he was ‘the biggest person on the field’ but admitted he was surprised the flag was called on him and that the flag was ‘whatever.’
“If I see plenty of Eagles come up and surround [Darnell], like, yeah, I’m going to come in and help my dog, but I guess being the biggest guy out there, I’m going to get flagged,” Austin said.
In a video circulating social media, Eagles cornerbacks Darius Slay and Quinyon Mitchell can be seen throwing punches at Steelers players. Slay hits Washington with a punch with an official looking on. No penalties were assessed to the Eagles. Instead, the Steelers were backed up from the four-yard line to the 19-yard line, and they would kick a field goal instead of scoring a touchdown.
Tomlin could be seen on the FOX broadcast, irate that the flags were called, which is where his reaction to the call came in after the game.
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