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An Ocala, Florida, non-public faculty principal has been arrested after allegedly attacking a scholar in a classroom for over an hour, based on authorities.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace stated 33-year-old Dontay “Donnie” Akeem Prophet, principal of the Future Management Academy, was arrested Could 11, and charged with aggravated baby abuse and false imprisonment of a kid underneath the age of 13.
On Could 10, a Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace deputy responded to a name on the faculty for a report of a bodily disturbance between the principal and a scholar.
The sheriff’s workplace stated the investigation concerned reviewing surveillance footage from the classroom, which allegedly confirmed Prophet stopping a baby — recognized as a 13-year-old boy — from leaving a classroom.
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Dontay Prophet reserving picture ( Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace)
An arrest affidavit obtained by FOX 35 Orlando claims Prophet smacked the sufferer within the face and on the facet of his head with a pc charger earlier than choosing him up and throwing him on the ground.
The deputy reported that surveillance footage started at 11:34 a.m., with the sufferer’s head on the desk and Prophet approaching.
Throughout the ordeal, Prophet was allegedly seen grabbing the boy then restraining the kid on the bottom whereas utilizing a chokehold. He’s additionally allegedly seen utilizing a charging cable to hit the sufferer, inflicting him to fall and maintain accidents.
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Prophet is accused of twisting the kid’s ankle, slapping the kid within the face and subjecting the kid to bodily abuse.
By about 12:40 p.m., the boy was in a position to depart the classroom and his trainer reported the incident to the secretary on the faculty after listening to yelling from the classroom.
When the trainer seemed inside, she reportedly noticed the principal yelling on the boy, slamming him on the bottom and stopping him from leaving.
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Dontay Prophet, former principal on the Future Management Academy in Ocala, Florida, was arrested after video confirmed him allegedly bodily abusing a scholar. (Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace)
When the responding deputy questioned Prophet, he stated he was making an attempt to stop hurt to the kid, although the sheriff’s workplace stated the proof instructed a special story.
Prophet was in the end arrested and brought to the Marion County Jail, the place he was held with out bond.
The Future Management Academy didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
FOX 35 reported that the varsity fired Prophet.
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Court docket data present Prophet was arrested in 2019 on molestation fees from a 2017 incident.
The costs have been in the end dropped for “interfering with baby custody,” and Prophet was sentenced to 90 days in jail, together with probation.
Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.
Story suggestions and could be despatched to [email protected] and on Twitter @GregWehner.
