A 46-year-old teacher was arrested after allegedly putting a 5-year-old boy in a headlock at an Upper Manhattan elementary school on Monday, police and sources said.
The shocking incident at PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Elementary School took place shortly before 1:30 pm, sending the injured student to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, the sources said.
The teacher, Anthony Wicks, was taken into custody and charged with acting in a manner injurious to a child, police said.
A teacher at PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Elementary School in Manhattan is accused of putting a 5-year-old student in a headlock on Monday, police and sources said. Google MapsIt is not immediately known what sparked the alleged assault.
He is only the latest Big Apple educator to be accused of attacking a youngster in a public school.
In September, a coach at Brooklyn’s James Madison High School was charged with assault for allegedly slamming a 14-year-old student’s head into a stairwell wall.
Coach Nicholas Nugent allegedly flew into a rage when the victim dozed off during a video review.
In March 2023, a 33-year-old teacher at the David N. Dinkins School in Jamaica was arrested on assault charges for allegedly hitting an 8-year-old student.
