Teacher threatened student’s mom with rape amid drug cash beating: Kevin Pope allegedly…
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Kevin Pope, a science teacher at John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy, supposedly issued the beatdown after the student failed to return the $4,000 that he gave him to buy weed.
Pope had apparently asked students to find him a dealer to sell him a pound of pot, and the teen told him he’d make the deal for him.
The story goes that the teen told Pope that he had a drug connect back in June.
Three months later, shortly after the start of the new school year, Pope found the teen about two blocks away from the Lafayette Avenue building where he demanded that the money be returned.
Pope attacked the teen when he didn’t fork over the money, and ran off with the victim’s iPhone, chain and wallet, cops said.
Upon being told the money was gone, Pope beat up the student along with stealing various items from him. Instead the science teach beat the teen so badly he needed staples to close the gash in his head.
Pope was released without bail Saturday.
According to Pope attorney Japel Filiaci, the student stole the science teacher’s briefcase containing approximately $5,000.
Pope is being charged with assault and robbery. At least one witness may have seen what happened on the Bronx street corner as well. We’re not assuming that this couldn’t happen at a “regular” school, but just saying.
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Founded in 1993, converting to charter status in the year 2000, and named after the former NYC mayor, the alternative, privately run and publicly-funded high school seeks to provide its students “with the personalized educational experiences they need to build successful futures by overcoming the economic, social and personal challenges that caused them to fail in other high schools”, its mission statement details.
