A middle school gym teacher who moonlights as a youth basketball coach in the Bronx was recently arrested after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old student in December 2024, police and sources said.
Jayvone Johnson, 34, was arrested on Dec. 21 — just two days shy of the first anniversary of the stomach-turning crime against the young girl, the NYPD announced Tuesday.
The victim was one of the teacher’s students, sources told The Post.
Jayvone Johnson, 34, was arrested after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl in 2024. NYPDJohnson worked as a “physical education specialist” and a middle school basketball coach at the Icahn Charter School 2 in the Van Nest neighborhood, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The Icahn Charter School 2 declined to comment on Johnson’s arrest, but said that he “is no longer employed by the school.”
Johnson held both positions at the charter school while serving as the program director of the after-school New York Junior Tennis & Learning program, which he oversaw through March 2024.
The alleged rapist boasted about how teaching middle schoolers taught him “about patience and engaging the minds of the youth,” who he aspired to help “get recruited at colleges of all types to pursue their dreams.”
“I believe that this will not only be a job to me but a passion. I want to recruit kids to places where I believe they may fit in and gain a wonderful experience,” Johnson wrote on his LinkedIn.
Johnson was employed by the Icahn Charter School 2 in the Bronx, but is no longer employed by the charter, the school confirmed. LinkedinThe alleged rapist has worked in youth-oriented programs since graduating from Cazenovia College in 2013, according to the his profile.
The NYPD said it publicized Johnson’s arrest to provide a window for more victims, if any, to come forward.
Johnson was charged with rape — in which cases involving a minor is punishable by anywhere from 25 years to life in prison in New York.
The NYPD is asking any other victims to come forward by calling the NYPD’s Sex Crimes Hotline at 1-212-267-RAPE (7273), the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
