Florida Christian Elementary Principal Arrested, Beat Child With Cord
Wow this is absolutely horrible! A Florida private Christian elementary school principal was arrested for terrible for child abuse. In a shocking security camera video, the principal was caught choking a student and beating them while using a cord inside the classroom.
Florida Elementary Principal Arrested, Beat Child With Cord:
According to Fox35, 33-year-old Dontay Akeem Prophet, the principal at Destiny Leadership Academy in Ocala, FL, was arrested on May 10 after he was caught on video abusing a child. The inside one of the classrooms he was caught on security camera holding down and restraining one student by lying right on top of him. You can see the little boy try to get free but unfortunately he’s not able to at that time. Dontay then put the boy in a chokehold and hit him repeatedly with a charger extension cord. The boy still tried to get away as Dontay twisted his little ankles and slap him in the face.
The entire horrifying incident lasted around 40 minutes and during his arrested he tired making excuses to the event. He tried telling police that he was attempting to protect the boy from hurting himself. However, after cops saw the footage his claim didn’t make sense. He was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment of a child. He currently has no bail.
Not His First Run In With The Law:
It was uncovered that Dontay has been arrested before and it’s shocking that he hired as a Christian elementary school principal. His first run-in with the law had to do with minor children. Back in 2017, he met a young girl at a summer camp where he was working and molested her. He was ultimately arrested and charged with sexually molesting the young girl. The charges were eventually dropped, but they still show on his record.